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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
undecided
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
still
▪ Or perhaps burn. Still undecided.
▪ Kim said that briefing will be held later this month, at a date and place still undecided.
▪ However, the Government is still undecided on whether to proceed with this strategy.
▪ Alvin found himself drawn back to Melrose Avenue, although he was still undecided about becoming a professional dancer.
▪ All eyes are now on Mr Clarke, who is still undecided on whether to join the race.
▪ Herman said she is still undecided this year.
▪ That leaves about 500 delegates who are still undecided, and whose views have so far been ignored.
■ NOUN
voter
▪ He will argue that there are still a lot of undecided voters to make up their minds.
▪ Experienced Iowa Republican activists suggest that undecided voters may stay home on what is likely to be a raw wintry evening.
▪ Some observers believe polls overestimated the influence of undecided voters.
▪ More than 60 percent of the Dole voters and the undecided voters believed in limiting immigration.
▪ Of the undecided voters, 67 percent said they were pro-choice.
▪ Gramm lately has attempted to soften his image, holding a series of intimate discussions with undecided voters in their kitchens.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ undecided voters
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Chip frequency and size of secondary cache on the box in between are currently undecided.
▪ For a second Bodie was undecided as to what he could, and should, do now.
▪ He will argue that there are still a lot of undecided voters to make up their minds.
▪ Kim said that briefing will be held later this month, at a date and place still undecided.
▪ More than 60 percent of the Dole voters and the undecided voters believed in limiting immigration.
▪ The large undecided vote is also probably bad news for a well-known party figure like Dole.
▪ The man was standing undecided in the middle of the road like a rabbit caught in headlights at night.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
undecided

1530s, "not decided, unsettled," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of decide (v.).

Wiktionary
undecided

a. 1 open and not yet settled or determined. 2 uncommitted, not having reached a decision. n. A voter etc. who has not yet come to a decision.

WordNet
undecided

  1. adj. not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought; "an open question"; "our position on this bill is still undecided"; "our lawsuit is still undetermined" [syn: open, undetermined, unresolved]

  2. characterized by indecision; "some who had been on the fence came out in favor of the plan"; "too many voters still declare they are undecided" [syn: on the fence(p)]

  3. not yet having made a commitment; "undecided voters"

Wikipedia
Undecided

"Undecided" is a popular song written by Sid Robin and Charlie Shavers and published in 1938.

The first recording was made by John Kirby and The Onyx Club Boys on October 28, 1938, and released by Decca Records as catalog number 2216, with the flip side "From A Flat to C".

It was also recorded by Chick Webb and his Orchestra with vocal by Ella Fitzgerald on February 17, 1939 and released by Decca Records as catalog number 2323, with the flip side "In the Groove at the Grove".

The biggest hit version was recorded by The Ames Brothers with Les Brown's orchestra on June 25, 1951 and released by Coral Records as catalog number 60566, with the flip side " Sentimental Journey". It first reached the Billboard magazine charts on September 28, 1951 and lasted 20 weeks on the chart, peaking at #6. A bebop treatment of the song was released in the same year by Gene Ammons. Billy May recorded the song as part of his 1955 album Arthur Murray Cha Cha Mambos.

In 1960 Harry James released a version on his album Harry James...Today. ( MGM E-3848)

Al Hirt released a version on his 1961 album, The Greatest Horn in the World.

Raffi recorded his version on his album Adult Entertainment by playing country music.

Natalie Cole recorded the song for her 1993 album Take a Look.

This song is featured in the 2015 role-playing video game Fallout 4.

Undecided (disambiguation)

" Undecided" is a song by Sid Robins and Charlie Shavers and published in 1938.

Undecided may also refer to:

  • Undecided, a 1966 song by The Masters Apprentices and covered by Silverchair in 1997
  • Undecided, a 1995 song by Silverchair from Frogstomp

Usage examples of "undecided".

Stories circulated that this allegation made a number of moderate Republicans more inclined to vote against Clinton, but of the 45 Republicans who saw the secret documents, only two were undecided.

The question of her remaining within the Clan was still undecided, and she spent most of her time with Fleat and Pease.

For a moment I was undecided, should I remain in bed and make the best of what I had got, or go on my way to Rome immediately?

Heather was undecided for a moment, not knowing whether she should welcome the peddler or not, but when Hatti came through the house from the back, she followed the woman out onto the porch.

Earrin woul eel muc better and less undecided if he managed to get home before she yielded to the urge for action.

If she did in fact locate the phylactery, she was undecided whether she would honor the terms of the deal or instead safeguard it until the lichdrow could reincorporate.

For a moment, the man in the breechclout seemed undecided whether he was more afraid to turn and run than advance.

For a moment they stood undecided, and then hearing the cries and curses that rose unceasingly from the top end of the kraal, and bewildered by the storm of bullets, they as by one impulse rushed down towards the thorn-stopped entrance.

Vawtry had considered all this while cowering under a damp pile of hay, undecided which way to run and wondering whether he had a prayer of escaping the innyard unnoticed once he did decide.

From this circumstance alone, that a controversy has been long kept on foot, and remains still undecided, we may presume that there is some ambiguity in the expression, and that the disputants affix different ideas to the terms employed in the controversy.

He took a few steps toward the gliders and then stopped again, undecided.

It was a pretty dismal dog who stood shivering by the kerbside, looking first left then right, undecided, unwanted and unfed.

She called Pic who seemed undecided, but as we were talking it over, Prince Poniatowski came in to acquaint them with his majesty's wishes, and the offer was accepted.

Ba'al, with a consuming curiosity and nothing better to do, followed at a distance-eating trot, undecided whether to risk the bangsticks of many men to satisfy his suspicions.

Whenever Roydale put his nose in front, Fringe found a bit extra, but it seemed there wasn't much between them, and with the end of the wood chippings in sight the contest was still undecided.