Definitions

irresolution

[ih-rez-uh-loo-shuhn] / ɪˌrɛz əˈlu ʃən /

NOUN

hesitation

Synonyms

STRONG

dawdling delay demurral doubt dubiety equivocation faltering fluctuation hesitancy indecision indecisiveness indisposition irresoluteness misgiving mistrust oscillation pause procrastination qualm reluctance scruple skepticism timidity timidness unwillingness vacillation wavering

WEAK

averseness delaying fumbling hemming and hawing shilly-shally stammering stumbling stuttering tentativeness to and fro

Antonyms

STRONG

belief certainty confidence faith trust

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Appeared in the November 5, 2025, print edition as 'The War Powers Irresolution'.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 4, 2025

The opening movement is a strong-voiced Acknowledgement, but Resolution sounds more like Irresolution and Pursuance is a wild and ragged chase, ending in Psalm, a powerful, brooding declaration of faith.

From Time Magazine Archive

Irresolution is ingrained in one; boldness in the other.

From Time Magazine Archive

Against Irresolution and Delay in matters of Religion.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

Irresolution and meditation made her a very Hamlet of postponement and inaction.

From The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards by Raleigh, Henry

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