Meanings
comparative more undecided · superlative most undecided
- Open and not yet settled or determined.
The question of man's destiny is still undecided.
Synonyms: indeterminate, unresolved, unsettled, indecisive
- 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 OrchestraPerot 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 439But 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 CNNSynonyms: ambivalent, irresolute, of two minds, indecisive, unsure
plural undecideds
- 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 Know2 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
- 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
- Middle Englishundecided
- Englishundecided
From Middle English undecided, equivalent to un- + decided.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →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
undecided. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undecided
“undecided.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undecided. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undecided,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undecided.
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