noncommittal
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2VERB + NONCOMMITTAL
face
NONCOMMITTAL + NOUN
indians
Definitions
adj
Tending to avoid commitment; lacking certainty or decisiveness; reluctant to give out information or show one's feelings or opinion.
The Major's face was noncommittal.
The noncommittal Indians would give no counsel as to fording.
noun
Failure to commit to a decision or course of action.
As a result of cowardly noncommittals during the immediate postelection period, there was so much strain on several black-white Democratic relationships that they approached open ruptures.
A voter etc. who has not yet committed to a decision.
Where they occur, in the Liberal increases in Quebec and Ontario for instance, they are offset by declines in the number of undecideds or noncommittals.
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5The Major's face was noncommittal.
WiktionaryThe noncommittal Indians would give no counsel as to fording.
Wiktionary[He] is candid, open-hearted, and hardly non-commmittal enough for his own interest at times.
WiktionaryAs a result of cowardly noncommittals during the immediate postelection period, there was so much strain on several black-white Democratic relationships that they approached open ruptures.
WiktionaryWhere they occur, in the Liberal increases in Quebec and Ontario for instance, they are offset by declines in the number of undecideds or noncommittals.
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