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TOPIK 4adjective

우유부단하다

uyubudanhada

우유부단해요 · 우유부단했어요 · 우유부단한 (+noun)

indecisive, wishy-washy

Example

그는 우유부단해서 메뉴 하나도 잘 못 골라요.

He's so indecisive he can't even pick one item off a menu.

Word parts

우 gentle유 soft부 not단 decide

Literally 'soft and gentle, unable to cut' — too soft to make a decision.

Good to know

Nothing to do with 우유 'milk' — it's a four-character idiom.