evasive; avoidant
Describes a person, attitude, or response that avoids direct engagement or commitment. Often used in psychological or interpersonal contexts.
His answer was very evasive.
When someone takes an evasive attitude, the conversation doesn't move forward.
逃げ腰 is more colloquial and implies a physical or mental readiness to flee, while 回避的 is more formal and often used for psychological avoidance.
Formed from 回避 (avoidance) + 的 (-like, -ish), a common pattern for creating adjectival nouns.