どっちつかず

どっちつかず
noun, no-adjective
noncommittal; neither one thing nor the other
evaluationpersonality
1. noncommittal; neither one thing nor the other
Not coming down on either side, so that something is neither this nor that. Usually critical.
どっちつかずの態度(たいど)。
A noncommittal attitude.
彼(かれ)はいつもどっちつかずの返事(へんじ)をする。
He always gives wishy-washy answers.
どっちつかずの説明(せつめい)では、誰(だれ)も納得(なっとく)しないだろう。
An explanation that won't come down on either side will satisfy no one.

どっち (which of the two) + つかず (not attaching to).

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Compare: 中途半端(ちゅうとはんぱ) (half-done, incomplete)
Compare: 曖昧(あいまい) (vague, ambiguous)
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