Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Irresolute"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
irresolute
adj 1: uncertain how to act or proceed; "the committee was timid
and mediocre and irresolute" [ant: {resolute}]
2: lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide
quickly or firmly; "stood irresolute waiting for some
inspiration" [syn: {hesitant}, {hesitating}]
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