undecided

English

Adjective

undecided (comparative more undecided, superlative most undecided)

1. Open and not yet settled or determined.

   The question of man's destiny is still undecided.

2. Uncommitted, not having reached a decision.

   The result of the election is in doubt because of a large number of undecided voters.

Synonyms

• (open and not yet settled): indeterminate, unsettled, indecisive
• (uncommitted; not having reached a decision): ambivalent, irresolute, of two minds, indecisive

Translations

open and not yet settled or determined

• Finnish: ratkaisematon (fi)
• German: unbestimmt (de), unbeantwortet (de), unschlüssig (de), unentschieden (de)

• Korean: 미결정 (ko)의, 결정하지 못한.
• Maori: whēangaanga (mi)
• Polish: niepewny (pl) m

uncommitted, not having reached a decision

• Finnish: ratkaisematon (fi), kahdenvaiheilla (fi)
• German: unentschlossen (de)

• Hungarian: határozatlan (hu)
• Polish: niezdecydowany m

Noun

undecided (plural undecideds)

1. A voter etc. who has not yet come to a decision.
   • 2008 February 17, Jennifer Finney Boylan, “At the Maine Caucuses, a Tough Nut to Crack”, New York Times:

     The real drama came as these two camps fought for undecideds, who literally found themselves in the middle.