indecisive
[in-di-sahy-siv]
- characterized by indecision, as persons; irresolute; undecided.
- not decisive or conclusive: a severe but indecisive battle.
- lacking definition; vague or indistinct: the indecisive outline of the distant hills.
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Origin of indecisive
Synonyms
See more synonyms for indecisive on Thesaurus.com1. vacillating, hesitant, wavering.
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Contemporary Examples
“We have a weak and indecisive president,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC).
A speedster on the ski slopes, the racetrack and the highway, he could be slow and indecisive as a translator and elsewhere.
“I used to always find myself on movies with these indecisive directors,” she says.
He tells Lloyd Grove why he's thinking about taking on Obama and his indecisive foreign policy.
At this moment, Brown seemed particularly inconstant and indecisive.
Historical Examples
Better that he had been still silent, than speak that dubious, indecisive "Y—es."
The ChanningsMrs. Henry Wood
If the push in the West is indecisive then our push is only to be postponed.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2Ian Hamilton
With the sinking of the sun ceased the bloody, prolonged, and indecisive struggle.
The Long RollMary Johnston
The battle was indecisive, but in its military effect it was a success for the North.
A History of the United StatesCecil Chesterton
Accordingly the battle had an irregular and indecisive character.
The Life of Napoleon BonaparteWilliam Milligan Sloane
indecisive
- (of a person) vacillating; irresolute
- not decisive or conclusive
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