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Debatable vs Undecided - What's the difference?

debatable | undecided | Synonyms |

As adjectives the difference between debatable and undecided

is that debatable is controversial. Not fully proved, open to debate, sometimes used humorously while undecided is open and not yet settled or determined.

As a noun undecided is

a voter etc. who has not yet come to a decision.

debatable

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Controversial. Not fully proved, open to debate, sometimes used humorously.
    • Those data are debatable , no one has been able to replicate them.
    It's debatable whether he is a stud.
  • Of a person, argumentative.
    • That debatable individual.
  • A fitting subject for debate.
    • The lack of bonuses isn't debatable.

    Synonyms

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    undecided

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Open and not yet settled or determined.
    • The question of man's destiny is still undecided .
  • Uncommitted, not having reached a decision.
    • The result of the election is in doubt because of a large number of undecided voters.

    Synonyms

    * (open and not yet settled) indeterminate, unsettled, indecisive * ambivalent, irresolute, of two minds, indecisive

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A voter etc. who has not yet come to a decision.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2008, date=February 17, author=Jennifer Finney Boylan, title=At the Maine Caucuses, a Tough Nut to Crack, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=The real drama came as these two camps fought for undecideds , who literally found themselves in the middle. }}