undecided
Syllables: un·de·ci·ded/ˌʌndɪˈsaɪ̯.dɪd/
undecided adjective: open and not yet settled or determined. Also the simple past and past participle of undecide.
Adjective
undecided (comparative more undecided, superlative most undecided)
- Open and not yet settled or determined.
- The question of man's destiny is still undecided.
- Synonyms:
- indeterminate, unresolved, unsettled, indecisive
- Uncommitted, not having reached a decision.
- The result of the election is in doubt because of a large number of undecided voters.
- First, you say, you do
And then you don't
And then you say, you will
And then you won't
You're undecided now
So what are you gonna do?
Now you want to play
And then it's no
And when you say, you'll stay
That's when you go
You're undecided now
So what are you gonna do?1939, “Undecided”, performed by Ella Fitzgerald, Chick Webb and his Orchestra
- Synonyms:
- ambivalent, irresolute, of two minds, indecisive, unsure
Noun
undecided (plural undecideds)
- A voter etc. who has not yet come to a decision.
- The real drama came as these two camps fought for undecideds, who literally found themselves in the middle.2008 February 17, Jennifer Finney Boylan, “At the Maine Caucuses, a Tough Nut to Crack”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022
- […] but that is a highly flawed procedure if the undecideds differ in major ways from the decideds.2016, Herb Asher, Polling and the Public: What Every Citizen Should Know
Also used as
undecided is also the simple past and past participle of undecide.
undecided meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
undecided in Hindi
- open and not yet settled or determined
- अनिश्चित aniścit
undecided in Tamil
- தீர்மானிக்காமல்
undecided in Marathi
- अनिर्णीत, न ठरवलेले
undecided in Urdu
- غیر فیصلہ شدہ
More languagesFewer languages
- undecided in Bengali
- সিদ্ধান্তহীন
- undecided in Telugu
- నిర్ణయించనిది, నిర్ణయించలేనిదిగా, నిర్ణయించుకోలేనిదిగా
- undecided in Malayalam
- തീരുമാനിക്കപ്പെടാത്തവർ, തീരുമാനിക്കപ്പെടാതെ, തീരുമാനമെടുക്കാത്തവർ
- undecided in Kannada
- ನಿರ್ಧಾರವಾಗದ
- undecided in Gujarati
- અનિર્ણિત
- undecided in Nepali
- अनिर्णित
- undecided in Arabic
- غَيْر مَحْسُوم ḡayr maḥsūm, مُتَرَدِّد mutaraddid
Examples of undecided in a sentence
- Perot was witty and comfortable in his own skin, which I thought would reassure his supporters and perhaps sway some of the undecided voters.2005, Bill Clinton, My Life, →ISBN, page 439:
- But she’s on text chains with scores of Jewish voters in this swing state who are still undecided and open to arguments from Republicans aggressively pursuing them.2024 October 22, Dana Bash and Courtney Pence, “In battleground Pennsylvania, undecided Jewish voters could help swing the election”, in...
- “Independents opposed the bill by around a 3-to-1 margin … The KFF and Fox News polls – the ones with the fewest undecideds – showed 7 in 10 independents opposed it,” Blake wrote.2025 June 27, Zachary B. Wolf, “Trump is losing support among independent voters. Who are they?”, in CNN:
Synonyms of undecided
Forms of undecided
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more undecided |
| superlative | most undecided |
| Noun | |
| plural | undecideds |
Origin of undecided
From Middle English undecided, equivalent to un- + decided.
Words formed from undecided
Questions about undecided
- What does undecided mean?
- Undecided means open and not yet settled or determined.
- What is undecided in Hindi?
- Undecided in Hindi is अनिश्चित (aniścit). See Undecided meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use undecided in a sentence?
- Perot was witty and comfortable in his own skin, which I thought would reassure his supporters and perhaps sway some of the undecided voters.
- What part of speech is undecided?
- Undecided can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce undecided?
- Undecided is pronounced /ˌʌndɪˈsaɪ̯.dɪd/.
Words near undecided in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: undecided (page history and authors); undecided (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); undecided (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); undecided (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); undecided (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); undecided (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); undecided (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); undecided (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); undecided (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); undecided (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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