IRRESOLUTIONS Synonyms: 99 Similar and Opposite Words

irresolute 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of irresolute next

as in weak

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

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irresolution

2 of 2

noun

as in hesitation

a state or an instance of temporary inaction because of uncertainty about the right course of action after a moment of anguished irresolution, I raised my rifle and fired at the charging animal

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Recent Examples of irresolute

Adjective

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 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 Showing signs of being irresolute can signal weakness that adversaries take note of. —

Michael Poznansky, Foreign Affairs, 5 Jan. 2024 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 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

Noun

The Oslo musician’s debut album is a darkly glamorous blur of trip-hop and dance pop, with copious reverb and Auto-Tune as stand-ins for yearning, uneasiness, and irresolution. —

Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 22 Jan. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for irresolute

Adjective

But relying on the military to supplant the role traditionally performed by civilian law enforcement entails risks in a region where military institutions and oversight are weaker, armed forces have a legacy of human rights abuses and corruption is a perennial challenge.

— JOSHUA GOODMAN THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, Arkansas Online, 6 Mar. 2026
January’s stronger-than-expected total was likely buoyed by some one-time factors (notably, weaker holiday hiring that meant fewer post-holiday layoffs, and unseasonably warm weather in the early part of the month that boosted industries like construction).

— Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 6 Mar. 2026