irresolution

Examples

• All

• The use of overwhelming force in Afghanistan helped to restore U.S. credibility after a decade of irresolution, halfhearted interventions, and flaccid responses to previous attacks.

  Academic text (2002)

• Reyes showed no reaction to his irresolution.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction?

  Blog text (12)

• There is no definitive explanation for the painting's mystery, and the resulting state of irresolution compels a particularly active engagement with the painting.

  Academic text (1993)

• This essay examines the irresolution of the Western Sahara conflict from a regional perspective.

  Academic text (1995)

• The irresolution of the Western Sahara conflict has been a brake on more complete and mutually beneficial regional integration.

  Academic text (1995)

• On the foreign-policy side, the self-confidence of presidential rhetoric has sometimes been undermined by the irresolution of presidential behavior.

  Academic text (2009)

• The new complexity encourages irresolution, which in turn bequeaths a sense of collective failure, as the years of appeasement sadly demonstrated.

  Academic text (1994)

• By introducing opacity, ambiguity, and plot irresolution into the narrative, these contestations solicit active reader engagement to interpret the compulsions behind such contestations.

  Academic text (2017)

• Her constant irresolution about which college to attend made the application process very stressful.

Synonyms

I

indecision

vsirresolution

19 3.4

Not able to make a choice quickly or with confidence

emphasizes absence of resolve rather than just slow choice making

H

hesitancy

vsirresolution

7 4.2

A short pause before you act because you are not sure

is more about an ongoing absence of determination than momentary delay

I

indecisiveness

vsirresolution

3 5.1

Not being able to decide quickly or confidently

focuses more on a general lack of determination than on decision speed

W

wavering

vsirresolution

3 5.5

A time when someone is unsure about a choice

refers to a stable condition of lacking determination rather than temporary unsteadiness

V

vacillation

vsirresolution

2 8.5

Not being able to decide and changing your mind often

covers the general inability to decide rather than repeated opinion changes

I

irresoluteness

vsirresolution

8.9

Not being able to make firm decisions

is the broader state of being unable to decide due to low determination

U

unsureness

vsirresolution

3.8

A feeling of doubt or low confidence

centres on lack of determination rather than mere low confidence

I

incertitude

vsirresolution

• Formal

8.9

A feeling of not being sure or confident about something

highlights missing determination behind the uncertainty rather than doubt alone

D

dubiety

vsirresolution

• Formal

9.9

A feeling of doubt or uncertainty about something

is more practical, pointing to missing determination in actual decisions

U

unfixity

vsirresolution

9.9

A habit of changing your mind, feelings, or plans

focuses on the core absence of determination rather than mere variability

Antonyms

C

certainty

• Literature

202 3.4

A strong feeling that something is true or will happen

R

resolution

73 3.5

A firm choice to do or stop doing something

How Resolute

determination

142 3.0

irresolution

1 8.0

tentativeness

1 7.0

hesitation

110 2.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology