Usually means: Hesitant to make firm decisions.
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  1. irresolute: Merriam-Webster
  2. irresolute: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. irresolute: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. irresolute: Collins English Dictionary
  5. irresolute: Vocabulary.com
  6. Irresolute, irresolute: Wordnik
  7. irresolute: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. irresolute: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. Irresolute, irresolute: Dictionary.com
  10. Irresolute: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. irresolute: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. irresolute: Rhymezone
  13. Irresolute: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. irresolute: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. irresolute: FreeDictionary.org
  16. irresolute: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. irresolute: TheFreeDictionary.com
  18. irresolute: Wiktionary
  19. irresolute: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  20. irresolute: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  21. irresolute: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. irresolute: Legal dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Undecided or unsure how to act.
▸ adjective:  Indecisive or lacking in resolution.

Similar:
indecisive, hesitant, hesitating, vacillant, infirm, weak-kneed, vacillating, unstable, wavering, discouraged, more...

Opposite:
resolute, determined, firm, set

Phrases:
opposite of irresolute, be irresolute, more...

Adjectives:
instant, little, dependent, first, long, minute, few, second, uncertain, weaker, wearied

Colors:
    muted beige,     soft lavender,     dusty rose,     light taupe,     misty blue, more...

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Similar:
indecisive, hesitant, hesitating, vacillant, infirm, weak-kneed, vacillating, unstable, wavering, discouraged, more...

Opposite:
resolute, determined, firm, set

Phrases:
opposite of irresolute, be irresolute, more...

Adjectives:
instant, little, dependent, first, long, minute, few, second, uncertain, weaker, wearied

Colors:
    muted beige,     soft lavender,     dusty rose,     light taupe,     misty blue, more...



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