irresolute

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   uncertain how to act or proceed

   The committee was timid and mediocre and irresolute.

2. 2
   adj

   Undecided or unsure how to act.

   As the seeress stood irresolute the tall young secretary half rose and whispered something in her ear.

First attested in 1580. Borrowed from French irrésolu or composed from ir- + resolute.

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