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Antonyms for indecisive


Grammar : Adj
Spell : in-di-sahy-siv
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn dɪˈsaɪ sɪv



Definition of indecisive

Origin :
  • 1726, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + decisive. Related: Indecisively; indecisiveness.
  • adj uncertain, indefinite
Example sentences :
  • Better that he had been still silent, than speak that dubious, indecisive "Y—es."
  • Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
  • If the push in the West is indecisive then our push is only to be postponed.
  • Extract from : « Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 » by Ian Hamilton
  • With the sinking of the sun ceased the bloody, prolonged, and indecisive struggle.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • The battle was indecisive, but in its military effect it was a success for the North.
  • Extract from : « A History of the United States » by Cecil Chesterton
  • Accordingly the battle had an irregular and indecisive character.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte » by William Milligan Sloane
  • We ourselves have one of them—an indecisive view of the ruins in the Roman Forum.
  • Extract from : « On the Stairs » by Henry B. Fuller
  • The first and second appear to have been indecisive; but in the third the Roman general suffered a complete defeat.
  • Extract from : « The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 7. (of 7): The Sassanian or New Persian Empire » by George Rawlinson
  • Further news from Pennsylvania was indecisive, but it continued good.
  • Extract from : « The Candidate » by Joseph Alexander Altsheler
  • His mouth, above the well-trimmed goatee, seemed small and indecisive.
  • Extract from : « Stubble » by George Looms
  • An army met his own outside the borders and the result was indecisive.
  • Extract from : « The World's Progress, Vol. I (of X) » by Various

Synonyms for indecisive

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