noncommittal

See also: non-committal

English

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Etymology

non- +‎ committal[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌnɒnkəˈmɪtl/[1]
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌnɑnkəˈmɪtl/[1]
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Adjective

noncommittal (comparative more noncommittal, superlative most noncommittal)

  1. Tending 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.
    • 1818, S.R. Wells, The American Phrenonological Journal, and other miscellany, v. 10, p. 234:
      [He] is candid, open-hearted, and hardly non-commmittal enough for his own interest at times.

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References
  1. “non-committal, adj. and n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [Draft revision; June 2008]
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