irresolute Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective uncertain how to act or proceed
    • the committee was timid and mediocre and irresolute

WordNet

Ir*res"o*lute adjective
Etymology
Pref. ir- not + resolute: cf. F. irrésolu, L. irresolutus not loosened.
Definitions
  1. Not resolute; not decided or determined; wavering; given to doubt or irresolution.
    Weak and irresolute is man. Cowper.
    Syn. -- Wavering; vacillating; undetermined; undecided; unsettled; fickle; changeable; inconstant. -- Ir*res"o*lute*ly, adv. -- Ir*res"o*lute*ness, n.

Webster 1913