resistless
adj 1: impossible to resist; overpowering; "irresistible (or
resistless) impulses"; "what happens when an irresistible
force meets an immovable object?" [syn: {irresistible},
{resistless}] [ant: {resistible}]
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 [syn: {resistless}, {supine}, {unresisting}]
Resistless \Re*sist"less\, a.
1. Having no power to resist; making no opposition. [Obs. or
R.] --Spenser.
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2. Incapable of being resisted; irresistible.
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Masters' commands come with a power resistless
To such as owe them absolute subjection. --Milton.
[1913 Webster] -- {Re*sist"less*ly}, adv. --
{Re*sist"less*ness}, n.
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