non-committal


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noncommittal
adjective evasive, politic, reserved, guarded, careful, cautious, neutral, vague, wary, discreet, tentative, ambiguous, indefinite, circumspect, tactful, equivocal, temporizing, unrevealing I've got a nasty feeling that I shall get a very bland non-committal answer.
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non-committal

[ˈnɒnkəˈmɪtl] ADJ [person] → que no se compromete ; [answer] → evasivo
he was rather noncommittal → no dijo ni que sí ni que no, no se comprometió a nada
to be non-committal about sth → no definirse con respecto a algo
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