uncommitted

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adjective

Not inclined toward either side in a matter under dispute.

“Any uncommitted changes will be lost if you disconnect from the source control system.”

Opposite
UncommonScrabble 18

Meanings

adjectiveuncommitted (comparative more uncommitted, superlative most uncommitted)

comparative more uncommitted · superlative most uncommitted

  1. Not inclined toward either side in a matter under dispute.
  2. Not bound or pledged to a cause, party etc.

    Something about his bearing was uncommitted, as though he were checking not for some bad quality he knew Feldman had, but for some good quality he was afraid he might have.

    2010, Stanley Elkin, A Bad Man
  3. computingNot yet written to disk and logged.

    Any uncommitted changes will be lost if you disconnect from the source control system.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivenot bound or pledged

Opposite

adjectivenot associated in an exclusive sexual relationship

adjectivenot busy; not otherwise committed

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishcommitted
  9. Englishuncommitted

From un- + committed.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Spanish no comprometido, poco comprometido
  • no comprometidoTranslations
  • poco comprometidoTranslations
  • sin compromisoTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

uncommitted. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncommitted

MLA

“uncommitted.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncommitted. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncommitted,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncommitted.

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