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underdecided

underdecided adjective: insufficiently decided; too undecided.

Adjective

underdecided (comparative more underdecided, superlative most underdecided)

  1. (rare) Insufficiently decided; too undecided.
    • For New Historicism, words are so saturated with cultural weight and hence ideology that they block hermeneutic freedom, whereas for deconstruction they are so underdecided that they resist reading.2005, Stanley Cavell, Russell B. Goodman, Contending with Stanley Cavell, page 142
    • If you are undecided or underdecided, realize that you have a great advantage over students "who know for sure" what they want to do.2007, John A. Beck, Marmy A. Clason, Light on the Path: A Christian Perspective on College Success, page 199

Forms of underdecided

comparativemore underdecided
superlativemost underdecided

Origin of underdecided

From under- + decided.

Questions about underdecided

What does underdecided mean?
Underdecided means insufficiently decided; too undecided.
What part of speech is underdecided?
Underdecided is an adjective.

Words near underdecided in the dictionary

  1. underdeal
  2. underdealing
  3. underdealings
  4. underdeals
  5. underdealt
  6. underdecided
  7. underdeck
  8. underdecks
  9. underdeclared
  10. underdefend
  11. underdefended

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