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non-committalness

non-committalness noun: the state of not willing to be committed.

Noun

non-committalness (uncountable)

  1. (rare) the state of not willing to be committed
    • "If one examines their drift one soon realises that most of their advice goes in the direction of conciliation by admonitions which honour non-committalness more than reason."2000, Alphons Silbermann, Grovelling and Other Vices: The Sociology of Sycophancy

Origin of non-committalness

From non-committal + -ness.

Questions about non-committalness

What does non-committalness mean?
Non-committalness means the state of not willing to be committed.
What part of speech is non-committalness?
Non-committalness is a noun.

Words near non-committalness in the dictionary

  1. non-commissioned officers
  2. non-commital
  3. non-commitally
  4. non-committal
  5. non-committally
  6. non-committalness
  7. non-common
  8. non-commonality
  9. non-communicable
  10. non-communist
  11. non-communists

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