Noncommittal
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌnɒnkəˈmɪtl̩/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Noncommittal is an adjective meaning Tending to avoid commitment; lacking certainty or decisiveness; reluctant to give out information or show one's feelings or opinion.
Meaning
Tending to avoid commitment; lacking certainty or decisiveness; reluctant to give out information or show one's feelings or opinion.
More Meanings
- Failure to commit to a decision or course of action.
- A voter etc. who has not yet committed to a decision.
Example Sentences
The Major's face was noncommittal.
The noncommittal Indians would give no counsel as to fording.
[He] is candid, open-hearted, and hardly non-commmittal enough for his own interest at times.
Where they occur, in the Liberal increases in Quebec and Ontario for instance, they are offset by declines in the number of undecideds or noncommittals.
Word Forms
- non-commital
- noncommital
- non-committal
- noncommittals
Synonyms for noncommittal
Depending on context, synonyms include guarded, uncommunicative, incommunicative, unrevealing.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include uncommunicative, incommunicative, unrevealing, guarded, evasive, non-committal.
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