noncommitment

His head bobbed in a diplomatic dance of noncommitment.

Another catchall phrase he favors is the universal noncommitment, "Too soon to tell."

"There's a difference between parceling and noncommitment.

People compare their attitudes with those of others using "latitudes of acceptence, rejection, and noncommitment."

Thus, the message that persuades the most is the one that is most discrepant from the listener's position yet falls within his or her latitude of acceptance or latitude of noncommitment.

In short, Sherif et al. (1965) speculated that individuals who are highly involved in an issue are more likely to evaluate all possible positions, therefore resulting in an extremely limited or nonexistent latitude of noncommitment.

The critic Amy Taubin, in Film Comment, once referred to the director Andrew Bujalski-now thirty-one, and perhaps the most fluent and talented of the group-as "a poet of demurral, hesitation, and noncommitment."

Sampras's fault-finding with Corretja and Costa came as a bit of a surprise considering the criticism he has received in the past for his light tennis schedule, spotty commitment to the Davis Cup team and noncommitment to play on the Olympic team.