resistless

adj
/ɹɪˈzɪstləs/UK/ɹəˈzɪstləs/US

Etymology

From resist + -less.

  1. derived from resisto
  2. derived from resistre
  3. derived from resister
  4. inherited from resisten
  5. suffixed as resistless — “resist + less

Definitions

  1. That cannot be resisted

    That cannot be resisted; irresistible.

    • His name was Talus, made of yron mould, / Immoveable, resistlesse, without end […]
    • Delving earth in his resistless way, / Howling, the Child with fierce flames / Issu'd from Enitharmon.
  2. Putting up no resistance

    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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA