In`de*ci"sive (?), a. [Cf. F. indécisif.]

1. Not decisive; not bringing to a final or ultimate issue; as, an

indecisive battle, argument, answer.

The campaign had everywhere been indecisive.

Macaulay.

2. Undetermined; prone to indecision; irresolute; unsettled; wavering;

vacillating; hesitating; as, an indecisive state of mind; an indecisive

character.

In`de*ci"sive*ly, adv. Without decision.

In`de*ci"sive*ness, n. The state of being indecisive; unsettled state.

In`de*clin"a*ble (?), a. [L. indeclinabilis: cf. F. indéclinable. See

In- not, and Decline.] (Gram.) Not declinable; not varied by inflective

terminations; as, nihil (nothing), in Latin, is an indeclinable noun.

-- n. An indeclinable word.

In`de*clin"a*bly, adv. 1. Without variation.

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