indecisive

See also: indécisive

English

WOTD – 25 August 2009

Etymology

in- +‎ decisive

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪndɪˈsaɪsɪv/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -aɪsɪv

Adjective

indecisive (comparative more indecisive, superlative most indecisive)

1. (of a person) Not decisive; not marked by promptness or decision.

   Synonym: undecisive

   They were all being very indecisive about what to wear to the party.

2. (of a contest etc.) inconclusive or uncertain

   The outcome of the race was so indecisive.

Antonyms

• decisive

Derived terms

• indecisiveness
• indecisively

Related terms

• indecision

Translations

not decisive

• Arabic: غَيْر حَاسِم (ḡayr ḥāsim), مُتَرَدِّد (mutaraddid)
• Armenian: անվճռական (hy) (anvčṙakan), տատանվող (tatanvoġ)
• Bulgarian: нерешителен (bg) (nerešitelen), колеблив (bg) (kolebliv)
• Catalan: indecís (ca), vel·leïtós
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 優柔寡斷的／优柔寡断的 (zh) (yōuróuguǎduàn de), 猶豫不決的／犹豫不决的 (zh), 犹豫不决的 (yóuyùbùjué de)

• Czech: nerozhodný, váhavý
• Danish: ubeslutsom, vægelsindet
• Dutch: besluiteloos (nl)
• Finnish: päättämätön (fi), jahkaileva (fi), epävarma (fi)
• French: indécis (fr)
• Galician: indeciso, inseguro
• German: unschlüssig (de), unentschlossen (de)
• Greek: άβουλος (el) (ávoulos)
• Italian: indeciso (it)
• Latin: ambiguus
• Maori: kōpūrua, whēangaanga
• Middle English: unstedefast
• Norwegian Bokmål: ubesluttsom
• Occitan: velleïtós (oc), indecís (oc)
• Polish: niezdecydowany (pl) m
• Portuguese: indeciso (pt)
• Russian: нереши́тельный (ru) (nerešítelʹnyj)
• Spanish: indeciso (es), irresoluto, vacilante (es), inseguro (es), titubeante
• Swedish: velig (sv), obeslutsam (sv), villrådig (sv), tvehågsen (sv), vankelmodig (sv)
• Tagalog: urong-sulong
• Turkish: kararsız (tr)

inconclusive or uncertain

• Bulgarian: несигурен (bg) (nesiguren), неизвестен (bg) (neizvesten), неясен (bg) (nejasen), неопределен (bg) (neopredelen)
• Dutch: onbeslist (nl)
• Finnish: ratkaisematon (fi)
• French: incertain (fr)
• German: unentschlossen (de)
• Polish: nierozstrzygnięty, nierozstrzygający
• Portuguese: indeciso (pt)
• Russian: нея́сный (ru) (nejásnyj), неопределённый (ru) (neopredeljónnyj)
• Spanish: incierto (es)
• Swedish: osäker (sv)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} hésitant (fr), ^{(please verify)} indécis (fr), ^{(please verify)} velléitaire (fr)
• Greek: ^{(please verify)} άβουλος (el) (ávoulos)
• Greenlandic: ^{(please verify)} isumaa oqippoq, ^{(please verify)} nakimmappoq
• Manx: ^{(please verify)} faitagh
• Maori: ^{(please verify)} harotu, ^{(please verify)} kahurangi (mi)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} nehotărât (ro), ^{(please verify)} indecis (ro), ^{(please verify)} șovăitor (ro)
• Russian: ^{(please verify)} слабодушный (ru) (slabodušnyj)
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} indeciso (es)
• Turkish: ^{(please verify)} kararsız (tr)

Further reading

• “indecisive”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• indecisive, undecisive at Google Ngram Viewer