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2. Incapable of being relieved or assisted. [Obs.]

The second is in the irresoluble condition of our souls after a known sin committed.

Bp. Hall.

Ir*res"o*lu*ble*ness, n. The state or quality of being irresoluble; insolubility.

Ir*res"o*lute (?), a. [Pref. ir- not + resolute: cf. F. irrésolu, L. irresolutus not loosened.] Not resolute; not decided or determined; wavering; given to doubt or irresolution.

Weak and irresolute is man.

Cowper.

Syn. -- Wavering; vacillating; undetermined; undecided; unsettled; fickle; changeable; inconstant.

-- Ir*res"o*lute*ly, adv. -- Ir*res"o*lute*ness, n.

Ir*res`o*lu"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. irrésolution.] Want of resolution; want of decision in purpose; a fluctuation of mind, as in doubt, or between hope and fear; irresoluteness; indecision; vacillation.

Irresolution on the schemes of life which offer themselves to our choice, and inconstancy in pursuing them, are the greatest causes of all unhappiness.

Addison.

Ir`re*solv`a*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being irresolvable; irresolvableness.

Ir`re*solv"a*ble (?), a. [Pref. ir- not + resolvable. Cf. Irresoluble.] Incapable of being resolved; not separable into component parts.

Irresolvable nebulæ (Astron.), nebulæ of a cloudlike appearance, which have not yet been resolved by the telescope into stars. Sir W. Herschel.

Ir`re*solv"a*ble*ness, n. The quality or state of being irresolvable; irresolvability.

Ir`re*solv"ed*ly, adv. Without settled determination; in a hesitating manner; doubtfully. [R.]

Ir`re*spec"tive (-spk"tv), a. 1. Without regard for conditions, circumstances, or consequences; unbiased; independent; impartial; as, an irrespective judgment.

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According to this doctrine, it must be resolved wholly into the absolute, irrespective will of God.

Rogers.

2. Disrespectful. [Obs.] Sir C. Cornwallis.

Irrespective of, regardless of; without regard to; as, irrespective of differences.

Ir`re*spec"tive*ly (r`r*spk"tv*l), adv. Without regard to conditions; not taking circumstances into consideration.

Prosperity, considered absolutely and irrespectively, is better and more desirable than adversity.

South.

Ir*res"pi*ra*ble (?), a. [L. irrespirabilis: cf. F. irrespirable. See Respirable.] Unfit for respiration; not having the qualities necessary to support animal life; as, irrespirable air.

Ir`re*spon`si*bil"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. irresponsabilité.] Want of, or freedom from, responsibility or accountability.