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<hw>In`de*ci"sion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>decision</ets>: cf. F. <ets>ind\'82cision</ets>.]</ety> <def>Want of decision; want of settled purpose, or of firmness; indetermination; wavering of mind; irresolution; vacillation; hesitation.</def>

<blockquote>The term <b>indecision</b> . . . implies an idea very nicely different from irresolution; yet it has a tendency to produce it. <i>Shenstone.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote><b>Indecision</b> . . . is the natural accomplice of violence. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Indecisive</h1> <Xpage=749>

<hw>In`de*ci"sive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>ind\'82cisif</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Not decisive; not bringing to a final or ultimate issue; <as>as, an <ex>indecisive</ex> battle, argument, answer</as>.</def>

<blockquote>The campaign had everywhere been <b>indecisive</b>. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Undetermined; prone to indecision; irresolute; unsettled; wavering; vacillating; hesitating; <as>as, an <ex>indecisive</ex> state of mind; an <ex>indecisive</ex> character.</as></def>

<h1>Indecisively</h1> <Xpage=749>

<hw>In`de*ci"sive*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Without decision.</def>

<h1>Indecisiveness</h1> <Xpage=749>

<hw>In`de*ci"sive*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being indecisive; unsettled state.</def>

<h1>Indecinable</h1> <Xpage=749>

<hw>In`de*cin"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>indeclinabilis</ets>: cf. F. <ets>ind\'82clinable</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Decline</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>Not declinable; not varied by inflective terminations; <as>as, <ex>nihil</ex> (nothing), in Latin, is an <ex>indeclinable</ex> noun</as>.</def> -- <def2><tt>n.</tt> <def>An indeclinable word.</def></def2>

<h1>Indecinably</h1> <Xpage=749>

<hw>In`de*cin"a*bly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Without variation.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Gram.)</fld> <def>Without variation of termination.</def>

<h1>Indecomposable</h1> <Xpage=749>

<hw>In*de`com*pos"a*ble</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>in-</ets> not + <ets>decomposable</ets>: cf. F. <ets>ind\'82composable</ets>.]</ety> <def>Not decomposable; incapable or difficult of decomposition; not resolvable into its constituents or elements.</def>

<h1>Indecomposableness</h1> <Xpage=749>

<hw>In*de`com*pos"a*ble*ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Incapableness of decomposition; stability; permanence; durability.</def>

<h1>Indecorous</h1> <Xpage=749>

<hw>In`de*co"rous</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>indecorous</ets>. See <er>In-</er> not, and <er>Decorous</er>.]</ety> <def>Not decorous; violating good manners; contrary to good breeding or etiquette; unbecoming; improper; out of place; <as>as, <ex>indecorous</ex> conduct</as>.</def>

<blockquote>It was useless and <b>indecorous</b> to attempt anything more by mere struggle. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Unbecoming; unseemly; unbefitting; rude; coarse; impolite; uncivil; ill-bred.</syn>

<h1>Indecorously</h1> <Xpage=749>

<hw>In`de*co"rous*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an indecorous manner.</def>

<h1>Indecorousness</h1> <Xpage=749>