resistless

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English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From resist +‎ -less.

Pronunciation [edit]

  • (UK) IPA: /ɹɪˈzɪstləs/

Adjective [edit]

resistless (comparative more resistless, superlative most resistless)

  1. That cannot be resisted; irresistible. [from 16th c.]
    • 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.1:
      His name was Talus, made of yron mould, / Immoveable, resistlesse, without end […].
  2. Putting up no resistance; unresisting. [from 16th c.]

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