- not decisive; not conclusive or final
- characterized by indecision; hesitating or vacillating
adjective
The definition of indecisive is someone who can't make up his mind or make decisions, or something that doesn't decide an issue.
An example of indecisive is a person who cannot ever decide what to wear or what color to paint a room.
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indecisive
adjective
- Prone to or characterized by indecision; irresolute: an indecisive manager.
- Inconclusive: an indecisive contest; an indecisive battle.
- Not clearly defined; indefinite: indecisive boundaries running through mountainous terrain.
Related Forms:
- in′de·ci′sive·ly
adverb
- in′de·ci′sive·ness
noun
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Adjective
(comparative more indecisive, superlative most indecisive)
- (of a person) Not decisive; not marked by promptness or decision.
- They were all being very indecisive about what to wear to the party.
- (of a contest etc.) inconclusive or uncertain
- The outcome of the race was so indecisive.
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Sentence Examples
- Didn't you say he was an indecisive sissy?
- In 1342 he went to Brittany and fought an indecisive campaign against the French.
- This indecisive attitude did not last long, and the split in the party rapidly widened.
- This time it was indecisive, and Bournonville's superior forces, soon augmented by the arrival of the elector, spread into Alsace.
- The engagement was indecisive in its results, but the Union commander's purpose, to hold Hood momentarily in check, was gained, and Hood's effort to crush Schofield was unavailing.
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WORDS NEAR indecisive IN THE DICTIONARY
- indecisive
- indecipherable
- indecipherably
- indecision