resistless Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective impossible to resist; overpowering
irresistible.
- irresistible (or resistless) impulses
- what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object?
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adjective satellite offering no resistance
supine; unresisting.
- resistless hostages
- No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried"- Theodore Roosevelt
WordNet
Re*sist"less adjective
Definitions
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Having no power to resist; making no opposition. Obs. or R. Spenser. -
Incapable of being resisted; irresistible. Masters' commands come with a power resistless To such as owe them absolute subjection. Milton.
--Re*sist"less*ly , adv. --Re*sist"less*ness , n.