IRRESOLUTE Synonyms: 49 Similar and Opposite Words

irresolute

adjective

Definition of irresolute

as in uncertain

formal not certain about what to do; not resolute He has been criticized as an irresolute leader.

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Recent Examples of irresolute Both Fortune and Harris express having great empathy for the protagonist, who was an insecure girl that had an irresolute boyfriend and made a grave mistake. — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 11 June 2026 Where Trump is unrelenting and single-minded, the justices have been inconsistent and unpredictable, and therefore appear irresolute. — Noah Feldman, Twin Cities, 24 Dec. 2025 Downtown, in his studio at the corner of White and Cortlandt Alley, on a Thursday evening in late July, Wyeth sat on his stool and considered the irresolute underpainting on his canvas. — Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 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 Showing signs of being irresolute can signal weakness that adversaries take note of. — Michael Poznansky, Foreign Affairs, 5 Jan. 2024

Recent Examples of Synonyms for irresolute

Adjective

Those assumptions can be quite uncertain when designing an entirely new study.

— Mark Louie F. Ramos, STAT, 21 Oct. 2026
Specialists recommend seeking a second opinion from a neurologist who specializes in MS when a diagnosis is uncertain, particularly before starting medications that affect the immune system.

— Jasmine Arenas, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of uncertain

Adjective

Producers could use advanced technology to increase the recovery rate, but that requires major investments, which companies are hesitant to make in a country led by a government with a history of breaking contracts and current instability.

— ABC News, ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026
Former Hartford Association of Teachers President Carol Gale was not so hesitant.

— Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of hesitant

Adjective

And judging by the fall/winter 2026 runways, designers are feeling particularly indecisive, in the best possible way.

— Camila Quimper, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
Those types of responses have riled her critics, who have portrayed her as indecisive at best, and an opportunist at worst.

— David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of indecisive

Adjective

Outside stands a statue of an infirm John Paul II leaning on his papal staff — a reminder of the pontiffs who have been treated here, and of their earthly frailty.

— Claudio Lavanga, NBC news, 18 Oct. 2026
But according to Galloway, shortly before his death in 1989, a friend came upon an infirm Olivier watching one of Leigh’s films.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026