undecided

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/ˌʌndɪˈsaɪ̯.dɪd//ˌʌndiˈsaɪ̯.dɪd//ˌʌndəˈsaɪ̯.dəd/

adjective

Open and not yet settled or determined.

“The question of man's destiny is still undecided.”

Less commonScrabble 14

Meanings

adjectiveundecided (comparative more undecided, superlative most undecided)

comparative more undecided · superlative most undecided

  1. Open and not yet settled or determined.

    The question of man's destiny is still undecided.

    Synonyms: indeterminate, unresolved, unsettled, indecisive

  2. Uncommitted, not having reached a decision.

    The result of the election is in doubt because of a large number of undecided voters.

    3 more examples

    First, you say, you do And then you don't And then you say, you will And then you won't You're undecided now So what are you gonna do? Now you want to play And then it's no And when you say, you'll stay That's when you go You're undecided now So what are you gonna do?

    1939, “Undecided”, performed by Ella Fitzgerald, Chick Webb and his Orchestra

    Perot was witty and comfortable in his own skin, which I thought would reassure his supporters and perhaps sway some of the undecided voters.

    2005, Bill Clinton, My Life, →ISBN, page 439

    But she’s on text chains with scores of Jewish voters in this swing state who are still undecided and open to arguments from Republicans aggressively pursuing them.

    2024 October 22, Dana Bash and Courtney Pence, “In battleground Pennsylvania, undecided Jewish voters could help swing the election”, in CNN

    Synonyms: ambivalent, irresolute, of two minds, indecisive, unsure

nounundecided (plural undecideds)

plural undecideds

  1. A voter etc. who has not yet come to a decision.

    […] but that is a highly flawed procedure if the undecideds differ in major ways from the decideds.

    2016, Herb Asher, Polling and the Public: What Every Citizen Should Know
    2 more examples

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

    2008 February 17, Jennifer Finney Boylan, “At the Maine Caucuses, a Tough Nut to Crack”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022

    “Independents opposed the bill by around a 3-to-1 margin … The KFF and Fox News polls – the ones with the fewest undecideds – showed 7 in 10 independents opposed it,” Blake wrote.

    2025 June 27, Zachary B. Wolf, “Trump is losing support among independent voters. Who are they?”, in CNN
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of undecide

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOpen and not yet settled or determined.

adjectiveUncommitted, not having reached a decision.

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivenot brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought

adjectivecharacterized by indecision

adjectivenot yet having made a commitment

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishundecided
  2. Englishundecided

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

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Translations

Arabic غَيْر مَحْسُوم, مُتَرَدِّد
  • غَيْر مَحْسُوم (ḡayr maḥsūm)open and not yet settled or determined
  • مُتَرَدِّد (mutaraddid)uncommitted, not having reached a decision
Bulgarian нерешен, колеблив
  • нерешен (nerešen)open and not yet settled or determined
  • колеблив (kolebliv)uncommitted, not having reached a decision
Catalan indecís, indecís
  • indecísopen and not yet settled or determined
  • indecísuncommitted, not having reached a decision
Esperanto nedecidita
  • nedeciditaopen and not yet settled or determined
Finnish ratkaisematon, epäröivä
  • ratkaisematonopen and not yet settled or determined
  • epäröiväuncommitted, not having reached a decision
French indécis, non décidé
  • indécisuncommitted, not having reached a decision
  • non décidéuncommitted, not having reached a decision
German unbestimmt, unbeantwortet
  • unbestimmtopen and not yet settled or determined
  • unbeantwortetopen and not yet settled or determined
  • unschlüssigopen and not yet settled or determined
  • unentschiedenopen and not yet settled or determined
  • unentschlossenuncommitted, not having reached a decision
  • unentschiedenuncommitted, not having reached a decision
Greek αναποφάσιστος
  • αναποφάσιστος (anapofásistos)uncommitted, not having reached a decision
Hindi अनिश्चित
  • अनिश्चित (aniścit)open and not yet settled or determined
Hungarian határozatlan
  • határozatlanuncommitted, not having reached a decision
Korean 미결정의, 결정하지 못한.
  • 미결정의 (migyeoljeong)open and not yet settled or determined
  • 결정하지 못한.open and not yet settled or determined
Māori whēangaanga, whēangaanga
  • whēangaangaopen and not yet settled or determined
  • whēangaangauncommitted, not having reached a decision
  • matawaengauncommitted, not having reached a decision
Polish niepewny, niezdecydowany
  • niepewnyopen and not yet settled or determined
  • niezdecydowanyuncommitted, not having reached a decision
Portuguese indecidido, indeciso
  • indecididoopen and not yet settled or determined
  • indecisouncommitted, not having reached a decision
Russian нерешённый
  • нерешённый (nerešónnyj)open and not yet settled or determined
Spanish indeciso
  • indecisouncommitted, not having reached a decision
Ukrainian неви́рішений
  • неви́рішений (nevýrišenyj)open and not yet settled or determined
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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