Underdecide

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To hesitate or fail to choose a definite option when a decision is required
2. To be unable or unwilling to settle on a clear choice or conclusion
3. To remain uncertain or indecisive instead of making a firm determination

Etymology: "Underdecide" is a straightforward formation: the prefix "under-" (meaning insufficiently or below) attached to "decide," which comes from Latin "decidere," literally "to cut off" or "to cut off from," built from "de-" (off) and "caedere" (to cut). A decision, in the original sense, was a cutting-off of alternatives, so to decide is to cut the options down to one. The word is a modern coinage, formed by analogy with "underestimate" and "undervalue," where "under-" signals doing something too little or not enough. Philosophers and economists use it in exactly that way, especially in the phrase "underdetermination," where a theory is left unsettled by its data.

Synonyms: delaydecision, hesitate, postponedecision

Antonyms: decide, determine, resolve