Definition of noncommittal
1
: giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling
a noncommittal reply He was noncommittal about how the money would be spent.
2
: having no clear or distinctive character
a noncommittal word which might be used of anything from babies to furnaces— J. C. Swaim
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The first known use of noncommittal was in 1829
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