Resistless

//ɹɪˈzɪstləs// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    That cannot be resisted; irresistible.

    "His name was Talus, made of yron mould, / Immoveable, resistlesse, without end […]"

  2. 2
    Putting up no resistance; unresisting.

    "All this time they were doing something—I could not see what—to the corpse; sometimes they were too busy rifling the dead body, I believe, to talk; again they let it fall with a heavy, resistless thud, and took to quarrelling."

Adjective
  1. 1
    offering no resistance, passively accepting of a situation wordnet
  2. 2
    impossible to resist; overpowering wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
certaineffeteenervatedfatedfatefulimpenetrable

Example

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"His name was Talus, made of yron mould, / Immoveable, resistlesse, without end […]"

Etymology

From resist + -less.

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