uncommitted
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4.4
- adjective
- /ˌʌn.kəˈmɪt.ɪd/
- No, I've always been uncommitted in relationships.
- an uncommitted relationship
- uncommitted sexual
- casual and uncommitted
Examples
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That was the life of the unattached, the uncommitted.
Fiction book (1990) -
And so women would have to work harder to find a mate, do without one, or become involved in uncommitted sexual relationships.
Academic text (2002) -
We also consider the contrast between committed and uncommitted relationships.
Academic text (2005) -
The respondents felt that these women were uncommitted and focused on sex rather than the relationship.
Academic text (1999) -
This self-report scale measures willingness to engage in uncommitted sexual relations.
Academic text (2006) -
Women inferred from a man's flashy spending that he was interested in uncommitted sex.
Blog text (9) -
It may be that systems promoting monogamy in ongoing relationships are independent from those that regulate the behavior of uncommitted persons.
Academic text (2006) -
Another possibility is that high self-monitors endorse relationship beliefs that enable them to maintain their "uncommitted" relationship orientations.
Academic text (1994) -
Although both male and female profiles were given negative personality evaluations if their first intercourse experience happened at a young age and in an uncommitted relationship, evaluations of females were slightly more negative.
Academic text (1999) -
Many people in their 20s choose to remain uncommitted rather than settle down too soon.
Synonyms
60
1.8
A person who is not married or in a romantic relationship
21
3.9
Not married and has never had a husband or wife
12
3.9
Not in a romantic or sexual relationship with someone
1
6.9
A person who is not promised to marry or engaged
1
4.8
Not promised to marry someone
1
6.5
A person who has never married
1
7.0
Not matched with another item
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4.1
Not in a romantic relationship or living with someone
Antonyms
How Committed
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Uncommitted is un- 'not' plus commit 'to promise or give yourself to someone', so in a romantic sense it means you are 'not promised' to one partner.