noncommitment

noncommitment

(ˌnɒnkəˈmɪtmənt)
n
a lack of dedication or commitment to something
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The purpose of this study was to evaluate Florida consumers' latitudes of acceptance, rejection, and noncommitment when presented with messages about GM food.
Federalism is 'politically dead,' according to a political science professor from the University of the Philippines-Diliman, who cited senators' public noncommitment to Charter change and what seemed like President Duterte's waning interest in his ambitious campaign pledge.
"A central noncommitment? Oh no man, you're wrong!" she says, laughing, to Zohn, who, in 1969, turned her on to Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, setting her on a path she would follow for the rest of her life, one that recently culminated in the publication of her two-part philosophical treatise, Rationality and the Structure of the Self (2013).
In Ghana and most African countries, Chief Executive Officers of local assemblies are noted for noncommitment of adequate funds towards effective solid waste collection and disposal.
Lazrak, "Being serious about noncommitment: subgame perfect equilibrium in continuous time," University of British Columbia, 2006.
The theory of three-way decisions is proposed by Yao and used to interpret the three regions in rough set [23], and it is constructed based on the notions of acceptance, rejection, and noncommitment [24].
Sherif and Hovland (1961) looked at attitudes as three different "latitudes" rather than "point[s] along a continuum"--the latitude of acceptance (or what the person considers acceptable), the latitude of rejection (or what the person considers objectionable), and the latitude of noncommitment (when the person is undecided or has no opinion on the matter).
Some of the reasons that accounted for this number include lack of ethics, inefficiency, lack of compassion and care for patients, disrespectful attitude, and lack of proper supervision, noncommitment, inadequate knowledge base, and laziness.
The call comes amid Israelis' intransigence and noncommitment to international pacts, especially Geneva Convention IV relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, UAE Assistant Foreign Minister for Political Affairs Ahmad Abdulrahman Al-Garman told a consultative meeting for the Arab League's permanent representatives in Cairo.
They are just here as an excuse to avoid other things,' Jerry states and, thus contrasts their noncommitment to his commitment and progress.
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