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How do you use Irresolute in a sentence? See 7 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like discouraged or infirm, plus the exact meaning.

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Irresolute in a sentence

Irresolute meaning

  1. Undecided or unsure how to act.
  2. Indecisive or lacking in resolution.

Synonyms of Irresolute

discouraged infirm unstable vacillant vacillating wavering weak-kneed indecisive resolute

Related words

Other words often associated with Irresolute or its synonyms:

rickety decisive disheartened hesitating weak determined unfaltering volatile irregularity feeble steady tender

Using Irresolute

  • The main meaning on this page is: Undecided or unsure how to act. | Indecisive or lacking in resolution.
  • Useful related words include: discouraged, infirm, unstable, vacillant.
  • In the example corpus, irresolute often appears in combinations such as: the irresolute, be irresolute, irresolute adamant.

Context around Irresolute

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28.9 words
  • Position in the sentence: 2 start, 4 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

totally 1×

Often after:

adamant 2× ass 1× good 1×

Sentence patterns with Irresolute

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

to be irresolute adamant for 2× and the irresolute will by 1× and totally irresolute that crawls 1× past the irresolute good intention 1× prudent or irresolute to attempt 1× was no irresolute ass who 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

consequentially the weak 1× in reality however 1× in the debate 1× kierkegaard wrote of 1× the result is 1×

Common sentence endings:

bogd khan regime 1× masses will suffer 1× not far away 1× nothing of himself 1× powerful for impotency 1× snail s pace 1×

Words around Irresolute

Just before it in the word index:

irresistibly 26 irresistible 161 irreproducible 2 irreproachable 3 irrepressibly 2 irrepressible 32

Just after it in the word index:

irresolution 1 irresolvable 2 irrespective 402 irresponsibility 61 irresponsible 415 irresponsibly 42

Similar in corpus frequency:

aab 13 aamer 13 aave 13 abdelmadjid 13 abdulkarim 13 abdulsalami 13

Corpus analysis for Irresolute

  • In this selection, "irresolute" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, totally, adamant, ass and good stand out and add context to how "irresolute" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include to be irresolute adamant for and and the irresolute will by. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "irresolute" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with irresolute

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The result is a shallow, boring and totally irresolute that crawls at a snail’s pace. (16 words)

In reality however, most of them were too prudent or irresolute to attempt joining the Bogd Khan regime. (18 words)

So they go on in strange paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all powerful for impotency. (26 words)

Longer example sentences

In the debate in the Commons on 12 November 1936, Churchill attacked the government on rearmament as being "decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful to be impotent. (38 words)

Consequentially, the weak, the timid and the irresolute will by this ‘natural process’ fall into apathy, candidate’s with a low level of competence may be voted in, our economy will falter and the masses will suffer. (37 words)

Kierkegaard wrote of moving forward past the irresolute good intention: The yes of the promise is sleep-inducing, but the no, spoken and therefore audible to oneself, is awakening, and repentance is usually not far away. (36 words)

Example sentences (7)

The result is a shallow, boring and totally irresolute that crawls at a snail’s pace.

Consequentially, the weak, the timid and the irresolute will by this ‘natural process’ fall into apathy, candidate’s with a low level of competence may be voted in, our economy will falter and the masses will suffer.

In one of the messages James left behind, he said he had decided on this action alone, to demonstrate that he was no "irresolute ass who could do nothing of himself".

In reality however, most of them were too prudent or irresolute to attempt joining the Bogd Khan regime.

In the debate in the Commons on 12 November 1936, Churchill attacked the government on rearmament as being "decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful to be impotent.

Kierkegaard wrote of moving forward past the irresolute good intention: The yes of the promise is sleep-inducing, but the no, spoken and therefore audible to oneself, is awakening, and repentance is usually not far away.

So they go on in strange paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all powerful for impotency.

Common combinations with irresolute

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "irresolute" in a sentence?
An example: "The result is a shallow, boring and totally irresolute that crawls at a snail’s pace." This page contains 7 example sentences with the word "irresolute" from authentic English texts.
What does "irresolute" mean?
Irresolute means: Undecided or unsure how to act.
What are synonyms of "irresolute"?
Common synonyms of "irresolute" include: discouraged, infirm, unstable, vacillant, vacillating, wavering, weak-kneed, indecisive. Plus 1 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "irresolute" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 7 example sentences with "irresolute", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.