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Definition of "irresolute" []

  • Unsure of how to act or proceed; undecided. (adjective)
  • Lacking in resolution; indecisive. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "irresolute" in a sentence
  • "Liz, a slender slip of a creature, large-eyed, and woe-begone, stood up before him staring at him in irresolute wretchedness, as he seated himself."
  • "As to being "irresolute" I've heard worse and from a better bunch than this."
  • "She held out her hand to Donal with a kind of irresolute motion, but withdrawing it, smiled almost beseechingly, and said,"