re·sist·less

(rĭ-zĭst′lĭs)

adj.

1. Impossible to resist; irresistible: resistless force; resistless love.

2. Powerless to resist; unresisting.

re·sist′less·ly adv.

re·sist′less·ness n.

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resistless

(rɪˈzɪstlɪs)

adj

1. unresisting

2. irresistible

reˈsistlessly adv

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re•sist•less

(rɪˈzɪst lɪs)

adj.

1. irresistible.

2. not resisting.

[1580–90]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Adj.	1.	resistless - impossible to resist; overpowering; "irresistible (or resistless) impulses"; "what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object?" irresistible
	2.	resistless - offering no resistance; "resistless hostages"; "No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried"- Theodore Roosevelt unresisting, supine passive, inactive - lacking in energy or will; "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith

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Already there had come rumours of the daring and blunt, resistless force with which this new-made millionaire had confronted a gigantic task.

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An instant later the Tiger crouched and launched its huge body through the air swift and resistless as a ball from a cannon.

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Far away in the clouds, it seemed, they could hear a faint humming, some new sound, something mechanical in its regular beating, yet with clamorous throatiness of some human force cleaving its way through the resistless air.

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Out of regions of wonder it streamed, the very river of life; and the soul leaped up at the sight of it, fled back upon it, swift and resistless, back into far-off lands, where beauty and terror dwell.

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A glacier is a stupendous, ever-progressing, resistless plow.

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