How do you pronounce noncommittal?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌnɑnkəˈmɪtl̩/.

noncommittal

/ˌnɑnkəˈmɪtl̩/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.18 in modern English

Syllables: non-com-mit-tal
IPA: /ˌnɑnkəˈmɪtl̩/

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Meaning

adj

Tending to avoid commitment; lacking certainty or decisiveness; reluctant to give out information or show one's feelings or opinion.

noun

Failure to commit to a decision or course of action.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A voter etc. who has not yet committed to a decision.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The Major's face was noncommittal."
"The noncommittal Indians would give no counsel as to fording."
"[He] is candid, open-hearted, and hardly non-commmittal enough for his own interest at times."
"A United Nations spokesman, Stéphane Dujarric, has previously said the organization would not divulge its sources of information, but welcomed any additional information from the coalition. The United Nations has been noncommittal on the Saudi proposal to send its experts to Riyadh."
"As a result of cowardly noncommittals during the immediate postelection period, there was so much strain on several black-white Democratic relationships that they approached open ruptures."
"Where they occur, in the Liberal increases in Quebec and Ontario for instance, they are offset by declines in the number of undecideds or noncommittals."

Etymology

From non- + committal.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: non

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌnɑnkəˈmɪtl̩/
British English: /ˌnɒnkəˈmɪtl̩/

Usage

Inflected Forms

more noncommittal (comparative) most noncommittal (superlative) non-commital (alternative) noncommital (alternative) non-committal (alternative) noncommittals (plural)

Derived Forms

noncommittalism noncommittally noncommittalness

Frequently Paired Words

uncommittal reticent

Rhymes With

little it'll brittle acquittal belittle whittle non-committal committal tittle spittle kittel skittle