noncommittal
UK/ˌnɒnkəˈmɪtl̩//ˌnɑnkəˈmɪtl̩/
noncommittal adjective: tending to avoid commitment; lacking certainty or decisiveness; reluctant to give out information or show one's feelings or opinion.
Adjective
noncommittal (comparative more noncommittal, superlative most noncommittal)
- Tending to avoid commitment; lacking certainty or decisiveness; reluctant to give out information or show one's feelings or opinion.
- The Major's face was noncommittal.
- The noncommittal Indians would give no counsel as to fording.
Noun
noncommittal (countable and uncountable, plural noncommittals)
- Failure to commit to a decision or course of action.
- As a result of cowardly noncommittals during the immediate postelection period, there was so much strain on several black-white Democratic relationships that they approached open ruptures.1997, Dennis Sven Nordin, The New Deal's Black Congressman, page 42
- A voter etc. who has not yet committed to a decision.
- Where they occur, in the Liberal increases in Quebec and Ontario for instance, they are offset by declines in the number of undecideds or noncommittals.1981, Howard Rae Penniman, Canada at the Polls, 1979 and 1980, page 372
noncommittal meaning in Urdu, Bengali and Kannada
noncommittal in Urdu
- بےوعدہ, غیروابستہ, ناپابند
noncommittal in Bengali
- অস্পষ্ট, প্রতিশ্রুতিহীন
noncommittal in Kannada
- ಅನಿಬದ್ಧ, ಯಾವುದಕ್ಕೂ ಬದ್ಧನಾಗದ, ಕಟ್ಟುಬೀಳದಿರುವ, ಕಟ್ಟುಬೀಳದ, ಎಡಬಿಡಂಗಿತನ, ಕಟ್ಟಿಗೆ ಒಳಪಡದ
Examples of noncommittal in a sentence
- Caps are also naturally inclined towards stability and security—they're totally different from noncommittal Sagittarius men.
- One or two others were noncommittal, but most clearly denied it.
- Yet this speciality does not render this object as noncommittal to its objectal base.
Forms of noncommittal
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more noncommittal |
| superlative | most noncommittal |
| alternative form | non-commital |
| alternative form | noncommital |
| alternative form | non-committal |
| Noun | |
| plural | noncommittals |
Origin of noncommittal
From non- + committal.
Words formed from noncommittal
Questions about noncommittal
- What does noncommittal mean?
- Noncommittal means tending to avoid commitment; lacking certainty or decisiveness; reluctant to give out information or show one's feelings or opinion.
- What is noncommittal in Urdu?
- Noncommittal in Urdu is بےوعدہ, غیروابستہ, ناپابند. See Noncommittal meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is noncommittal?
- Noncommittal can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce noncommittal?
- Noncommittal is pronounced /ˌnɒnkəˈmɪtl̩/ (UK).
Words near noncommittal in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: noncommittal (page history and authors); noncommittal (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); noncommittal (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); noncommittal (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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