Word Study
unresistant |
unresisted |
unresistible |
unresisting |
unresolvable |
unresolved
| unrespect
| unrespectability
| unrespectable
| unrespected
| unresponsible
unresolved
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective unresolved has 3 senses
- unresolved(a = adj.all) unsolved - not solved; "many crimes remain unsolved"; "many problems remain unresolved"
- unresolved(s = adj.all) open, undecided, undetermined - not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought; "an open question"; "our position on this bill is still undecided"; "our lawsuit is still undetermined"
- unresolved(s = adj.all) dissonant - characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved; Array
OXFORD DICTIONARY
unresolved, adj.
1 a uncertain how to act, irresolute. b uncertain in opinion, undecided.
2 (of questions etc.) undetermined, undecided, unsolved.
3 not broken up or dissolved.
1 a uncertain how to act, irresolute. b uncertain in opinion, undecided.
2 (of questions etc.) undetermined, undecided, unsolved.
3 not broken up or dissolved.
Derivative
unresolvedly adv. unresolvedness n.
THESAURUS
unresolved
ambitendent, ambivalent, arguable, at loose ends, capricious, changeable, debatable, double-minded, dubious, faltering, fence-sitting, fence-straddling, fickle, hesitant, hesitating, indecisive, indefinite, infirm of purpose, irresolute, irresolved, mercurial, moot, mugwumpian, mugwumpish, mutable, of two minds, open, open to question, pending, problematical, questionable, shilly-shally, unanswered, uncertain, undecided, undetermined, unsettled, unsolved, unsure, vacillating, vague, waveringROGET THESAURUS
unresolved
Irresolution
N irresolution, infirmity of purpose, indecision, indetermination, undetermination, unsettlement, uncertainty, demur, suspense, hesitating, hesitation, hesitancy, vacillation, changeableness, fluctuation, alternation, caprice, fickleness, levity, legerete, pliancy, weakness, timidity, cowardice, half measures, waverer, ass between two bundles of hay, shuttlecock, butterfly, wimp, doughface, irresolute, infirm of purpose, double-minded, half-hearted, undecided, unresolved, undetermined, shilly-shally, fidgety, tremulous, hesitating, off one's balance, at a loss, vacillating, unsteady, unsteadfast, fickle, without ballast, capricious, volatile, frothy, light, lightsome, light-minded, giddy, fast and loose, weak, feeble-minded, frail, timid, wimpish, wimpy, cowardly, dough-faced, facile, pliant, unable to say 'no', easy-going revocable, reversible, irresolutely, irresolved, irresolvedly, in faltering accents, off and on, from pillar to post, seesaw, Int, how happy could I be with either!.
For further exploring for "unresolved" in Webster Dictionary Online
