indecisive
pronunciation
How to pronounce indecisive in British English:
UK [ˌɪndɪˈsaɪsɪv]
How to pronounce indecisive in American English:
US [ˌɪndɪˈsaɪsɪv]
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- Adjective:
- characterized by lack of decision and firmness
- not definitely settling something
- not clearly defined
Word Origin
- indecisive (adj.)
- 1726, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + decisive. Related: Indecisively; indecisiveness.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Increasingly mr obama was portrayed overseas as weak , indecisive and ineffective .
- 2. In this euro crisis , germany 's leaders sound not so much indecisive as stuck .
- 3. You don 't want to appear indecisive .
- 4. The research findings are indecisive ; some research has failed to find a positive relationship between caffeine ingestion and selective attention .
- 5. This physics framework is responsible for any number of bizarre phenomena-theoretical cats that are simultaneously dead and alive , particles kilometers apart that can nonetheless communicate instantaneously , and indecisive photons that somehow go two directions at once .