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# undecided

«undecided» in Mova's school dictionary: **not yet having made up your mind: «I'm undecided about…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (undecided)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Undecided means not yet having made up your mind: «I'm undecided about which club to join.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undecided/#m1)

2) Undecided also means not yet settled or fixed: «The date of the trip is still undecided.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undecided/#m2)

3) An undecided game or match has not been won yet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undecided/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, votes, surveys and class elections have «undecided» people who have not chosen yet; in maths survey tables there is often a column for «undecided». In stories it shows a character thinking things over. Phrases: «still undecided», «undecided voters», «undecided about».

### examples

- I'm still undecided about what to wear to the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undecided/#x1)
- In our class vote, 12 said yes, 9 said no and 4 were undecided. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undecided/#x2)
- The winner of the baking contest is still undecided. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undecided/#x3)
- Mum was undecided between the blue and the green car. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undecided/#x4)
- Undecided voters can change who wins an election. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undecided/#x5)
- The match was undecided until the last minute. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undecided/#x6)
- He was undecided, and knew not if he were worthy of this, but the doves counselled him to do it, and at length he said yes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undecided/#x7)

### note

Adjective. Followed by «about» or «whether»: «undecided about the trip», «undecided whether to go». In survey maths, the undecided are a separate group: if 30 children were asked and 12 said yes and 9 said no, then 30 − 12 − 9 = 9 were undecided. Opposite: decided, sure.

### In the corpora

- [Children cannot vote yet, and being undecided is fine; people make up their minds by learning and listening over many years.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/15-grandma-and-uncle-on-opposite-sides-staying-friends/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «undecided» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undecided/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.