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🤔 No firm decision 💔 Not in a relationship 🕒 Not assigned
uncommitted

uncommitted

1 3.7
Not busy and available to do a task
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌn.kəˈmɪt.ɪd/
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  • She prefers to remain uncommitted to a specific job until she finds one that truly excites her.

Examples

  • How some cells divide and specialize into lungs or hearts while others remain uncommitted as stem cells in case they're needed later.

    Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)

  • He is uncommitted to any clubs or organizations this semester, allowing him to focus on his studies.

  • There will always be situations where combining committed and uncommitted, planned and unplanned expenditures on invoices will be problematic.

    Academic text (2015)

  • After finishing his last project, he found himself uncommitted and ready for new opportunities.

Synonyms

available
vsuncommitted
427 2.3

Not busy and able to meet or take a call

is not promised to a different task or activity
noncommittal
vsuncommitted
10 7.0

Not giving a clear answer or opinion

refers instead to being free from occupation or prior promise
uninvolved
vsuncommitted
5 4.5

Not taking part in an activity or situation

emphasizes being free from tasks rather than simply not joining in
disengaged
vsuncommitted
1 4.7

Not involved or interested in something and not paying attention

focuses instead on being free and not already assigned elsewhere
unpledged
vsuncommitted
1 6.9

A person who is not promised to marry or engaged

covers general lack of busyness or pledge across activities
unengaged
vsuncommitted
1 4.4

Not busy and able to help with other tasks

stresses lack of prior promise or engagement rather than just freedom
noncommitted
vsuncommitted
5.1

A person who has not decided or taken a side

is about physical freedom from tasks, not about opinions or choices

Antonyms

occupied
1.8

Busy doing something and not free to do other things

How Busy

swamped with work
  • Informal
1 4.4
busy
∞ 1.0
occupied
1.8
uncommitted
1 3.7
free
522 1.0

Surface Forms

uncommitted positive

Morphology

uncommitted = committed (transparent) = un + commit + ed

The meaning is a natural extension of 'committed' (engaged/allocated) negated by 'un-', which learners can derive from known components.

Etymology

Uncommitted is un- 'not' plus commit 'to give your time or energy', so if your time is uncommitted it is free and not already given to another task.