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in-decisive
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not sure, not definite |
| Synonyms: | ambivalent, betwixt and between, blowing hot and cold, borderline, debatable, dithering, doubtful, dubious, equivocal, hemming and hawing, hesitant, iffy, in the middle, indecisive, indefinite, irresolute, moot, of two minds, on the fence, open, pendent, pending, running hot and cold, tentative, torn, uncertain, unclear, uncommitted, undetermined, unfinished, unsettled, unsure, up in the air, vague, waffling, wavering, wishy-washy |
| Antonyms: | certain, decided, definite, determined, settled, sure, undoubted |
| Main Entry: | unresolved |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncertain; not settled |
| Synonyms: | betwixt and between, changing, doubtful, faltering, hesitant, hesitating, hot and cold, incomplete, indecisive, irresolute, moot, open to question, pending, problematical, pussyfooting, unanswered, unconcluded, undecided, undetermined, unfinished, unsettled, unsolved, up in the air, vacillating, vague, waffling |
| Antonyms: | certain, definite, resolved, settled, solved, sure |
| Main Entry: | unsure |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | doubtful, insecure |
| Synonyms: | betwixt and between, borderline, distrustful, dubious, fluctuant, fly-by-night, hesitant, iffy, in a quandary, indecisive, indeterminate, irresolute, lacking, mistrustful, open, problematic, rootless, shaky, skeptical, suspicious, touch and go, unassured, uncertain, unclear, unconfident, unconvinced, undecided, undependable, unreliable, unstable, untrustworthy, untrusty, up for grabs, vacillating, wavering, weak, wimpy, wobbly |
| Antonyms: | certain, definite, secure, sure, undoubted |
| Main Entry: | weak |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cowardly |
| Synonyms: | faint-hearted, fluctuant, frightened, hesitant, impotent, indecisive, ineffectual, infirm, insecure, irresolute, laid-back*, nerveless, nervous, palsied, powerless, shaky, soft, spineless, tender, timorous, uncertain, undependable, unreliable, unstable, unsure, vacillating, wavering, weak-kneed, wimpy, wishy-washy, wobbly, zero* |
| Antonyms: | bold, brave, confident |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wishy-washy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bland, dull |
| Synonyms: | banal, characterless, cowardly, enervated, feeble, flat, flavorless, indecisive, ineffective, ineffectual, insipid, irresolute, jejune, languid, listless, mediocre, namby-pamby, sapless, spiritless, tasteless, thin, vacillating, vapid, watered-down, watery, wavering, weak, weak-kneed |
| Antonyms: | dynamic, exciting, interesting, lively |
| Main Entry: | ineffective |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | useless |
| Synonyms: | abortive, anticlimactic, barren, bootless, defeasible, emasculate, feckless, feeble, forceless, fruitless, futile, idle, impotent, inadequate, incompetent, indecisive, ineffectual, inefficacious, inefficient, inept, inferior, innocuous, inoperative, lame, limited, neutralized, no go, no way, not effective, nugatory, null, paltry, powerless, slack-spined, spineless, unable, unavailable, unavailing, unfruitful, unproductive, unprofitable, unsuccessful, vain, void, withered, worthless |
| Notes: | ineffectual refers to a general or habitual lack of success in the carrying out of one's projects; ineffective refers to a specific or definite failure to perform a task or accomplish a purpose |
| Antonyms: | effective |
| Main Entry: | vacillating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not resolute |
| Synonyms: | hesitating, indecisive, irresolute, uncertain, unsettled, unsure, vacillant, wavering |
| Main Entry: | clouded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ambiguous |
| Synonyms: | borderline, chancy, concerned, dubious, dubitable, equivocal, in doubt, in question, inconclusive, indecisive, indeterminate, questionable, troubled, uncertain, unclear, unknown, unsure, vague |
| Main Entry: | dubitable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | doubtful |
| Synonyms: | borderline, chancy, clouded, doubtable, dubious, equivocal, iffy, in doubt, in question, inconclusive, indecisive, indeterminate, questionable, shady, suspicious, uncertain, unclear, unsure |
| Notes: | a person is capable of doubting, whereas a thing is dubitable; dubious, unlike doubtful, carries the connotation of suspicion |
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