irresolution

== English == === Etymology === Probably from Middle French irresolution (modern French irrésolution), from ir- + resolution (“resolution”); compare Italian irresoluzione. By surface analysis, ir- +‎ resolution. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ɪɹɛzəˈluːʃən/ === Noun === irresolution (countable and uncountable, plural irresolutions) Lack of resolution; lack of decision or purpose; vacillation. ==== Translations ==== === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “irresolution”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “irresolution”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.