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English
Etymology
in- + decisive
Pronunciation
Adjective
indecisive (comparative more indecisive, superlative most indecisive)
- (of a person) Not decisive; not marked by promptness or decision.
- Synonym: undecisive
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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not decisive
- Arabic: غَيْر حَاسِم (ḡayr ḥāsim), مُتَرَدِّد (mutaraddid)
- Armenian: անվճռական (hy) (anvčṙakan), տատանվող (tatanvoġ)
- Bulgarian: нерешителен (bg) (nerešitelen), колеблив (bg) (kolebliv)
- Catalan: indecís (ca), vel·leïtós
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 優柔寡斷的／优柔寡断的 (zh) (yōuróuguǎduàn de), 猶豫不決的／犹豫不决的 (zh), 犹豫不决的 (yóuyùbùjué de)
- Czech: nerozhodný, váhavý
- Danish: ubeslutsom, vægelsindet
- Dutch: besluiteloos (nl)
- Finnish: päättämätön (fi), jahkaileva (fi), epävarma (fi)
- French: indécis (fr)
- Galician: indeciso, inseguro
- German: unschlüssig (de), unentschlossen (de)
- Greek: άβουλος (el) (ávoulos)
- Italian: indeciso (it)
- Latin: ambiguus
- Maori: kōpūrua, whēangaanga
- Middle English: unstedefast
- Norwegian Bokmål: ubesluttsom
- Occitan: velleïtós (oc), indecís (oc)
- Polish: niezdecydowany (pl) m
- Portuguese: indeciso (pt)
- Russian: нереши́тельный (ru) (nerešítelʹnyj)
- Spanish: indeciso (es), irresoluto, vacilante (es), inseguro (es), titubeante
- Swedish: velig (sv), obeslutsam (sv), villrådig (sv), tvehågsen (sv), vankelmodig (sv)
- Tagalog: urong-sulong
- Turkish: kararsız (tr)
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inconclusive or uncertain
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