undecided

English

Etymology

From Middle English undecided, equivalent to un- +‎ decided.

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, unschlüssig, unentschieden (de)
• Korean: 미결정 (ko) (migyeoljeong)의, 결정하지 못한.
• Maori: whēangaanga
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: niepewny (pl) m
• Portuguese: indecidido
• Slovene: neodločen

uncommitted, not having reached a decision

• Finnish: epäröivä (fi)
• German: unentschlossen
• Hungarian: határozatlan (hu)
• Maori: whēangaanga
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: niezdecydowany (pl) m
• Portuguese: indeciso (pt)
• Slovene: neodločen
• Spanish: indeciso (es) 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”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

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

Verb

undecided

1. simple past and past participle of undecide

Anagrams

• deinduced