Indecisive meaning

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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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Prone to or characterized by indecision; irresolute.

An indecisive manager.

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Inconclusive.

An indecisive contest; an indecisive battle.

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Not clearly defined; indefinite.

Indecisive boundaries running through mountainous terrain.

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Not decisive; not conclusive or final.
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Characterized by indecision; hesitating or vacillating.
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(of a person) Not decisive; not marked by promptness or decision.

They were all being very indecisive about what to wear to the party.

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(of a contest etc.) Inconclusive or uncertain.

The outcome of the race was so indecisive.

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Indecisive 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.

  • north of the city in an indecisive skirmish which has been named the battle of Carthage.

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