indecisive

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

INDECI'SIVE, adjective [in and decisive.] Not decisive; not bringing to a final close or ultimate issue; as an indecisive battle or engagement; an argument indecisive of the question. 1. Unsettled; wavering; vacillating; hesitating; as an indecisive state of mind; an indecisive character.
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