UNDECIDED Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

undecided

adjective

ˌən-di-ˈsī-dəd

Definition of undecided

as in pending

not yet settled or decided a number of undecided matters still before the committee

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as in unsure

not feeling sure about the truth, wisdom, or trustworthiness of someone or something voters still seem to be undecided about that candidate's fitness for the office of president

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Recent Examples of undecided While Hong's base is strong, many polls indicate that at least a third of Democratic voters remained undecided in the campaign's final week. — Clay Masters, NPR, 11 Aug. 2026 He’s spent the last week whipping senators to support it and even enlisted former Alabama football coach Nick Saban to dial up undecided lawmakers, according to people familiar with the matter. — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 11 Aug. 2026 That had the effect of boosting Hong's lead to over 40%, bringing Crowley into the mid-teens, and also raising the number of undecided voters to the low-40s, since many Barnes voters didn't immediately have a second choice. — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 11 Aug. 2026 The final makeup of the council is still undecided, according to the people familiar with the matter. — Bloomberg, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for undecided

Recent Examples of Synonyms for undecided

Adjective

Roughly 120 copyright suits against AI developers remain pending, and several could produce a rule that contradicts this one.

— TerDawn DeBoe, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Turner was out of jail while facing two separate armed robbery cases that remain pending, according to court records.

— Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of pending

Adjective

The titular gang comprises Mac (McElhenney), a closeted wannabe tough guy; the narcissistic prepster Dennis (Glenn Howerton); Dennis’s chronically unsure fraternal twin, Dee (Kaitlin Olson); and the bar’s buffoonish janitor, Charlie (Charlie Day).

— Paula Mejía, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026
Still, stakeholders are unsure what effects a veto override will have.

— Laura Horne, Charlotte Observer, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of unsure

Adjective

The pattern could remain a little unsettled into the weekend, but confidence in rain chances remains low.

— Andrew Kozak, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026
The volume was another big shift, too, as Simpson has had a strikingly low number of reps in training camp despite the unsettled nature of the Rams’ backup quarterback position after Jimmy Garoppolo’s departure.

— Nate Atkins, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of unsettled

Adjective

Lots of teams will forfeit games because of an ineligible player (barring athletic directors being skeptical of every transfer).

— Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026
He's been skeptical of the war, but he's came out recently and said that the war should end.

— Dana Taylor, USA Today, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of skeptical

Adjective

Turner's manner of death remained listed as undetermined for years as investigators continued reviewing forensic evidence, witness statements and other records.

— Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
The project requires City Council approval at an undetermined date to rezone the property from an employment center zone to general commercial.

— Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of undetermined

Adjective

The person asked for gas money and Bitcoin, requests the family found suspicious because Goods doesn't drive and didn't have a car in Las Vegas.

— Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2026
The suspicious em dash—and the easily disprovable notion that only AI used them—was offered as a telltale sign.

— M. C. Mah, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of suspicious

Adjective

The paper’s authors noted a handful of liability, reimbursement and regulatory hurdles remain unresolved and, as of now, won’t allow for non-human-doctors to administer care on their own.

— Mary Whitfill Roeloffs, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Strategists warn that rock-bottom volatility, fresh stock market all-time highs and unresolved geopolitical risks are converging just as markets enter the historically stormy mid-August-to-mid-October stretch.

— Hugh Leask, CNBC, 17 Aug. 2026