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Irresolute definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

IRRES'OLUTE, a. s as z. [in and resolute.] Not firm or constant in purpose; not decided; not determined; wavering; given to doubt. Irresolute men either resolve not at all, or resolve and re-resolve.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: uncertain how to act or proceed; "the committee was timid and mediocre and irresolute" [ant: resolute]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1579 uncertain how to act or proceed ; vacillating <irresolute legislators> • irresolutely adverb • irresoluteness noun • irresolution noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 hesitant, undecided. 2 lacking in resoluteness. Derivatives: irresolutely adv. irresoluteness n. irresolution n.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Irresolute Ir*res"o*lute, a. [Pref. ir- not + resolute: cf. F. irr['e]solu, L. irresolutus not loosened.] Not resolute; not decided or determined; wavering; given to doubt or irresolution. Weak and irresolute is man. --Cowper. Syn: Wavering; vacillating; undetermined; undecided; unsettled; fickle; changeable; inconstant. -- Ir*res"o*lute*ly, adv. -- Ir*res"o*lute*ness, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Someone who is irresolute cannot decide what to do. (FORMAL) The worst reason to launch an attack would be a fear of seeming irresolute... = indecisive ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Undetermined, undecided, wavering, vacillating, unsettled, unsteady, hesitating, hesitant, faltering, infirm of purpose.

Moby Thesaurus

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