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Definition: Undecided |
UndecidedAdjective1. Not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought; "an open question"; "our position on this bill is still undecided"; "our lawsuit is still undetermined". 2. Characterized by indecision; "some who had been on the fence came out in favor of the plan"; "too many voters still declare they are undecided". 3. Not yet having made a commitment; "undecided voters". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "undecided" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references) |
Synonyms: UndecidedSynonyms: on the fence(p) (adj), open (adj), undetermined (adj), unresolved (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Absence of Choice | Verb: be neutral; Adjective: have no choice, have no election; waive, not vote; abstain from voting, refrain from voting; leave undecided; "make a virtue of necessity". |
Adjective: neutral, neuter; indifferent, uninterested; undecided; (irresolute). | |
Inquiry | Undetermined, untried, undecided; in question, in dispute, in issue, in course of inquiry; under discussion, under consideration, under investigation; Noun: sub judice, moot, proposed; doubtful; (uncertain). |
Irresolution | Adjective: irresolute, infirm of purpose, double-minded, half-hearted; undecided, unresolved, undetermined; shilly-shally; fidgety, tremulous; hesitating; Verb: off one's balance; at a loss; (uncertain). |
Uncertainty | Doubtful, dubious; indecisive; unsettled, undecided, undetermined; in suspense, open to discussion; controvertible; in question; (inquiry). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Undecided |
| English words defined with "undecided": Acrisy ♦ dither, draw ♦ hover ♦ Pend, Pendency ♦ Shilly-shally, standoff, suspensive ♦ tie, To be on the fence ♦ uncertain ♦ vacillate. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "undecided": Adverbs ♦ Bacbuc ♦ Cross Roads ♦ Doctors Disagree ♦ Parables. (references) |
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Screenplays | Well I hope so because if that was an undecided we need to work on our people skills (The American President; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin) | |
Lyrics | Because life is so brief and time is a thief when you're undecided. (YOUNG TURKS; performing artist: Rod Stewart) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | The undecided political prize fight. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Laurence J. Peter | Some problems are so complex that you have to be highly intelligent and well informed just to be undecided about them. |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | There was a moment when he appeared to lose himself, and when he stopped, undecided. |
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Worker Rights | Nepal | According to the 1999-2000 annual report of the Attorney General's Office, 470 antitrafficking cases have been filed, of which 86 resulted in convictions and 53 in acquittals, while 331 remain undecided. (references) |
Guatemala | The weakness of the judicial system as a whole, the severe shortage of competent judges and staff, a heavy backlog of undecided cases, and failure to enforce effectively court rulings, all contribute to the labor courts' lack of credibility and effectiveness. (references) | |
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Andrew Jackson | 1829-1837 | With Great Britain the interesting question of our North East boundary remains still undecided. |
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| "Undecided" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Undecided" is used about 206 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 206 | 21,208 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "undecided": be still undecided ♦ be undecided ♦ be undecided about smth. ♦ leave undecided. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "undecided": as-yet-undecided. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
undecided | 21 |
measure undecided | 8 |
career undecided | 6 |
record undecided | 4 |
band undecided | 3 |
undecided lyrics | 3 |
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| Language | Translations for "undecided"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i pavendosur (dubious, hesitant, indecisive, irresolute, purposeless, sticky, suspensive, undetermined, unresolved, unsettled, unsteady), i lëkundur (crazy, Dickey, dicky, Dotty, hesitant, hesitating, shilly shally, tottering, tottery, vacillating). (various references) | |
Arabic | متردد (ambivalent, chary, double-minded, doubtful, dubious, faint-hearted, faltering, flickering, haunting, hesitant, hesitating, indecisive, infirm, irresolute, remittent, stammerer, tentative, timid, uncertain, unsettled, vacillating, wavering), غير مفصول فيه, غير عاقد العزم. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | който не е взел още решение, който не е наясно, неясен (abstruse, ambiguous, amorphous, blear, bleary, confused, crepuscular, dark, doubtful, dreamy, dusk, fuzzy, hazy, illegible, inarticulate, indecisive, indefinable, indefinite, indistinct, intangible, involved, inward, loose, misty, muddy, muzzy, nebulous, obscure, pale, recondite, shadowy, soft, transcendental, ulterior, unclear, unformed, vague, vapory, vapoury, wan, woolly), нерешен (at a loose end, drawn, in suspense, open, problematic, undetermined, unresolved, unsettled, unsolved), нерешителен (double-minded, faltering, half hearted, hesitant, hesitative, indecisive, indeterminate, irresolute, purposeless, shilly shally, suspensive, undetermined, unready, unresolved, weak), променлив (baffling, changeable, choppy, erratic, fitful, fluctuating, fluent, inconsistent, inconstant, liquid, mobile, protean, shifting, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, variable, variant, varied, versatile, volatile). (various references) | |
Chinese | 躕 (irresolute), 踟 (hesitant, hesitating), 未定, 媕 (girl in love). (various references) | |
Czech | nerozhodný (drawn, even, fifty fifty, half hearted, hesitant, indecisive, irresolute, unassertive), nejistý (afloat, chancy, cloudy, doubtful, dubious, faltering, fluid, halting, insecure, jumpy, precarious, shaky, suspensive, tenuous, uncertain, uneasy, uneven, unsafe, unsettled, unsound, unsure). (various references) | |
Dutch | besluiteloos (indecisive, irresolute). (various references) | |
Esperanto | hezitema (irresolute). (various references) | |
Finnish | ratkaisematon (unresolved, unsettled, unsolved), päättämätön (irresolute, not decided, unbalanced), horjuva (failing, tottering, uncertain, unstable, unsteady, wavering), epäröivä (doubtful, hesitating, irresolute, wavering). (various references) | |
French | vacillatoire (undecisive), irrésolu, indécis (unsteady), incertain (uncertain, unclear, unpredictable, unsettled, unstable, unsteady). (various references) | |
German | unentschieden (draw, drawn, in abeyance, indecisive, irresolute, standoff, tie, undecidedly, undetermined). (various references) | |
Greek | αναποφάσιστοσ (indecisive, irresolute, undetermined, waverer), αμφίρρεπος. (various references) | |
Hebrew | מ"סס (hesitant, indecisive, shilly shally, waverer), לא "חלטי (irresolute). (various references) | |
Hungarian | határozatlan (equivocal, hesitant, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, indistinct, inexplicit, infirm, invertebrate, irresolute, obscure, shilly shally, shilly-shally, to be on the hedge, transcendental, undecisive, undetermined, unresolved, unsettled, weak-kneed), eldöntetlen (draw, drawn, indeterminable, indeterminate, pending, undefined), el nem döntött (hanging in the balance, in the balance, pending). (various references) | |
Indonesian | ragu-ragu (doubt, dubious, hesitate, irresolute). (various references) | |
Italian | incerto (aleatory, borderline, dim, doubtful, dubious, in question, irresolute, open, questionable, shadowy, tentative, touch and go, uncertain, unclear, unsettled, unsure, vague). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 未決定 , 未決 (pending), 未定 (not yet fixed, pending), 不決定 (pending, unsettled), 不定 (inconstancy, indefinite, insecurity, uncertainty). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ふけってい (pending, unsettled), ふじょう (defilement, dirtiness, filthiness, floating fortress, impurity, inconstancy, indefinite, insecurity, latrine, menses, rising to the surface, surfacing, toilet, uncertainty, uncleanliness, warship), ふてい (inconstancy, indefinite, infidelity, insecurity, insubordination, outlawry, uncertainty, unchastity, unfaithfulness), みけつ (pending), みけってい, みてい (not yet fixed, pending). (various references) | |
Manx | neuchinjagh (indefinite, irregular, variable), eddyr daa choyrle (fluctuating, vacillating). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ecidedunday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | irresoluto (double-minded, half-hearted, hesitant, indecisive, infirm, irresolute, shilly-shally, undetermined, unready, unresolved, unsettled, unsolved, unsteady, up in the air, vacillating, wavering, weak-kneed), indeciso (blear, double-minded, doubtful, drawn, feckless, fitful, half-hearted, halting, indecisive, indeterminate, irresolute, lacklustre, pendant, pendent, pending, shilly-shally, suspended, undetermined, unresolved, unsettled, unsolved, unsteady, up in the air, vacillating, vague, wavering), incerto (borderline, chancy, double-minded, doubtful, doubting, dubious, fitful, floating, hazardous, incalculable, inconstant, insecure, kittle, lubricous, precarious, problematic, questionable, risky, shaky, shifting, slippery, slippy, tottery, touch and go, touch-and-go, unassured, uncertain, unreliable, unsettled, unstable, unsure), hesitante (deliberate, diffident, double-minded, doubting, dubious, faltering, fumbling, half-hearted, halting, hesitant, indecisive, irresolute, limp, perplexed, reluctant, unresolved, unsteady, vacillating, wavering, wobbly). (various references) | |
Romanian | nehotãrât (at pause, doubtful, dubitative, hesitating, indecisive, indefinite, infirm of purpose, irresolute, namby-pamby, pendent, pending, vague), nedecis (drawn, irresolute, pendent, pending, undetermined), discutabil (arguable, contentious, contestable, controversial, controvertible, debatable, disputable, doubtful, impugnable, moot, questionable), şovãitor (at pause, doubtful, dubious, faltering, flexuous, halting, hesitant, hesitating, hesitatingly, irresolute, reluctant, shilly shally, tremulous, uncertain, wavering, waveringly), şovãielnic (backward, hesitating, irresolute, wavering). (various references) | |
Russian | нерешенный (at a loose end, drawn, indeterminate, pendent, undetermined, unresolved, unsolved). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | neodlučen (pending, undetermined), neodlučan (ambivalent, half hearted, halfhearted, hesitant, hesitative, indecisive, irresolute, lackadaisical, undecisive, wavering, weak-minded, wishy washy). (various references) | |
Spanish | indeciso (indecisive, irresolute, procrastinator, purposeless, undecisive, waverer, waveringly). (various references) | |
Swedish | tveksam (doubtful, doubtfull, hesitant, in doubt, irresolute, uncertain, unsettled), obestämd (airy, dreamy, fluid, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, inexplicit, intangible, obscure, uncertain, undetermined), obeslutsam (indecisive, infirm, irresolute), oavgjord (be drowned, drawn, open, pending, unsettled). (various references) | |
Turkish | kararsız (ambivalent, astatic, baffling, changeable, changeful, double-minded, doubtful, dubious, erratic, faltering, fickle, flighty, fluctuating, flukey, fluky, fluxional, halting, hazy, hesitant, inconsistent, inconstant, indecisive, infirm, infirm of purpose, irresolute, precarious, restless, shilly shally, uncertain, uncommitted, undetermined, unresolved, unsettled, unstable, unsteady, vacillating, vagabond, vague, wayward, weak-kneed), kararlaştırılmamış (in the air, undetermined, unfixed, unsettled, up in the air), karara bağlanmamış (in dependance, in the balance, open), istikrarsız (changeable, changeful, choppy, desultory, fluid, precarious, unequal, unstable, unsteady), askıda (hanging, in dependance, in suspense, in the balance, outstanding, pendant, pendent, remaining in suspense, unsettled). (various references) | |
Turkmen | ikigцwьnli (undetermined). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | нерішучий (backward, double-minded, faltering, half hearted, hesitant, indecisive, irresolute, pendulous, shilly shally, sticky, suspensive, undetermined, unready, unresolved, unsteadfast, vacillating, vague, wavery, weak), невирішений (indeterminate, open, outstanding, pending). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | lưỡng lự (double-minded, doubtful, dubious, dubitative, haltingly, hesitant, hesitatingly, hesitative, indecisive, seesaw, shilly-shally, unsteady), không nhất quyết chưa giải quyết, không dứt khoát (iffy, indecisive, indefinitive, unsettled), do dự (double-minded, dubitative, hesitant, hesitatingly, hesitative, indecisive, indeterminate, irresolute, shilly-shally, suspensive, undecisive, undetermined, unsettled, wavering), chưa xong (incomplete, unfinished). (various references) | |
Welsh | penagored (indefinite, open). (various references) | |
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | irritus, pendeo. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "undecided": undecideds. (additional references) | |
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"Undecided" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: undecayed, undecideds, undenied, undevided. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "undecided" (pronounced u'ndusī"dud) |
| 7 | -d u s ī" d u d | decided. |
| 5 | -s ī" d u d | coincided, lopsided, sided, subsided. |
| 4 | -ī" d u d | abided, chided, collided, confided, derided, divided, glided, guided, misguided, presided, prided, provided, resided, subdivided, undivided. |
| 3 | -d u d | abounded, acceded, accorded, added, afforded, aided, alluded, amended, appended, applauded, apprehended, ascended, astounded, attended, avoided, awarded, backhanded, banded, barricaded, beaded, bearded, bedded, befriended, beheaded, bended, bladed, blended, blinded, blindfolded, blindsided, blockaded, blooded, boarded, bombarded, bonded, bounded, braided, branded, breaded, broadsided, brooded, candid, carded, cascaded, ceded, clouded, coded, colluded, commanded, commended, compounded, comprehended, conceded, concluded, confounded, contended, corded, corresponded, corroded, crowded, deeded, defended, defrauded, degraded, deluded, demanded, denuded, depended, descended, disbanded, discarded, intruded, invaded, jaded, kidded, landed, larded, lauded, leaded, lightheaded, loaded, disregarded, dissuaded, distended, downgraded, downloaded, dreaded, dumbfounded, eluded, embedded, encoded, ended, enshrouded, eroded, evaded, evenhanded, exceeded, excluded, expanded, expended, exploded, expounded, extended, extruded, exuded, faded, fended, feuded, fielded, flooded, folded, forwarded, founded, funded, gilded, goaded, graded, grounded, guarded, handed, hardheaded, headed, heeded, heralded, herded, hoarded, homesteaded, hooded, hounded, imbedded, impeded, imploded, impounded, included, intended, interceded, masterminded, melded, mended, minded, molded, muddleheaded, needed, nodded, offended, outmoded, overcrowded, overextended, overfunded, overloaded, padded, paraded, persuaded, pervaded, pleaded, plodded, pounded, preceded, precluded, prerecorded, pretended, proceeded, prodded, propounded, raided, railroaded, rebounded, receded, recommended, recorded, redheaded, refunded, regarded, reloaded, remanded, reminded, remolded, reprimanded, rescinded, responded, retarded, rewarded, rounded, safeguarded, sanded, scalded, scolded, seceded, secluded, seconded, seeded, serenaded, shaded, shepherded, shielded, shredded, shrouded, skidded, sordid, sounded, spearheaded, speeded, splendid, stampeded, stranded, studded, succeeded, superseded, surrounded, suspended, tended, threaded, traded, transcended, trended, unaided, unamended, unattended, unbounded, unbranded, underfunded, underhanded, unexploded, unfolded, unfounded, unfunded, unguarded, unheeded, unheralded, unimpeded, unintended, unleaded, unloaded, unneeded, unrecorded, upbraided, upgraded, voided, wadded, waded, warded, wedded, weeded, welded, wielded, winded, wooded, worded, wounded, wrongheaded, yielded. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-d-d-e-e-i-n-u" | |
-2 letters: decided, deduced, denuded, induced. | |
-3 letters: cuddie, decide, deduce, deiced, denied, denude, deuced, duddie, dudeen, duende, eddied, edenic, educed, endued, indeed, induce, indued. | |
-4 letters: ceded, deice, deuce, diced, diene, dined, duded, dunce, educe, ended, endue, indue, nided, niece, nudie, undee, undid. | |
-5 letters: cede, cedi, cine, cued, deed, dene, deni, dice, died, dine, duce, duci, dude. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-d-d-e-e-i-n-u" | |
+1 letter: undecideds. | |
+2 letters: undedicated. | |
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