noncommittal
noncommittal · more noncommittal · most noncommittal
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Tending to avoid commitmentTending to avoid commitment; lacking certainty or decisiveness; reluctant to give out information or show one's feelings or opinion.
UK/ˌnɒnkəˈmɪtl̩/US/ˌnɑnkəˈmɪtl̩/
Meaning
1 sensesTending to avoid commitment; lacking certainty or decisiveness; reluctant to give out information or show one's feelings or opinion.
The Major's face was noncommittal.
The noncommittal Indians would give no counsel as to fording.
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More definitions
- refusing to bind oneself to a particular course of action or view or the like
Translations
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By meaning 1
tending to avoid commitment:
Origin
From non- + committal.From non- + committal.
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Forms
more noncommittal, most noncommittal| Comparative | more noncommittal Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most noncommittal Lesson |
regular
Word family
4 related wordsRelatedreticent
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.