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resistless

re·sist·less

UK/ɹɪˈzɪstləs/ US/ɹəˈzɪstləs/ uncommon

adjective

1.

impossible to resist; overpowering

  • “irresistible (or resistless) impulses”
  • “what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object?”
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2.

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
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Origin

From resist + -less.

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