irresolute

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Recent Examples of irresolute The situation is impossible, irresolute— the B.J. Vineses and priests of the world shouldn’t get to walk away scot free. Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2025 The prevailing sense among investors and market handicappers entering the month was to expect choppy, irresolute action full of potential scares. Michael Santoli, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2024 The prevailing sense among investors and market handicappers entering the month was to expect choppy, irresolute action full of potential scares. Michael Santoli, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2024 Showing signs of being irresolute can signal weakness that adversaries take note of. Michael Poznansky, Foreign Affairs, 5 Jan. 2024 Vernon’s sea power duly secured the Panamanian export hub of Porto Bello (which would give its name to London’s Portobello Road), but the irresolute Wentworth was ignominiously defeated in his halfhearted attempts to capture Cartagena (in modern-day Colombia) and Santiago, Cuba. Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2021 In some states, the confusion felt by providers and patients is compounded by ambiguous, irresolute language in the new and forthcoming laws themselves. Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 2 July 2022 That phrase is a call back to the ancestors and an acknowledgment that you were not raised to be fearful and irresolute. Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2021 Sessions became unpopular within the agency for irresolute leadership, according to a 1993 New York Times article that described him as having a short attention span and being disinterested in bureaucratic details. Stephen Miller, Bloomberg.com, 11 June 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for irresolute
Adjective
  • Precious metals and mining stocks were weak across both markets.
    Brendan Ahern, Forbes.com, 9 July 2025
  • In October 2005, a Finnish court acquitted Gustafsson, ruling the evidence against him was too weak and inconsistent.
    Christina Coulter, People.com, 8 July 2025
Adjective
  • Still, for Connecticut’s two Job Corps centers, the future is uncertain.
    Janhavi Munde, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2025
  • Whether the court grants access to the grand jury documents remains uncertain, but for now, Trump appears determined to reclaim control of the narrative.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025
Adjective
  • Florida dominates the list of America’s most distressed housing markets, facing a toxic cocktail of oversupply, climate risk, and rising insurance premiums that have made even enthusiastic buyers hesitant to commit.
    Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
  • This limited series will have you a little more hesitant to book your next national park trip.
    Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 18 July 2025
Adjective
  • Being indecisive makes people lose respect for you.
    Marek Niedzwiedz, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • Chunky-stripe nails Double-trouble striped nails This is one for any indecisive nail lovers out there.
    Dominic Cadogan, Glamour, 9 July 2025
Adjective
  • No longer the beloved Renaissance prince of his youth, Henry was, by his mid-40s, an increasingly infirm and mercurial monarch who had few qualms about sending his closest companions—among them the aforementioned Thomas More—to the executioner’s block.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025
  • They’re designed for Americans that are struggling, that are below the poverty line, or that are infirm, that can’t work and afford health care.
    Sarah Fortinsky, The Hill, 9 Mar. 2025

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“Irresolute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irresolute. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.

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