unresolven.
/(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈzɒlv/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈzɔlv/, /ˌənrəˈzɑlv/ Lack of resolve; irresolution; (also) the state of being unresolved.In quot. 1679: a failure or refusal to resolve upon a course of action.
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the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun]
yea-and-nayc1384
vacillationc1400
titteringa1413
stackeringc1440
wondingc1440
fluctuationc1450
waver1519
mammering1532
uncertainty1548
wavering1548
to and fro1553
suspense1560
staggering1565
suspension1568
mammery1578
demur1581
branle1591
dilly-dally1592
hesitance1601
irresolution1601
uncertainness1601
undecision1611
waveringness1614
hesitancy1617
unsettledness1619
hesitation1622
unresolvednessa1626
doubleness of minda1628
wavinga1628
swagging1636
poise1637
mambling1640
stickagea1647
vacillancy1668
whifflinga1677
hovering1679
unresolve1679
irresoluteness1686
shilly-shally1755
indecisiona1763
undecisiveness1779
indecisiveness1793
oscillation1798
flexility1815
shilly-shallying1842
swaying1850
Hamletism1852
teeter1855
havering1866
off and on1875
dilly-dallying1879
double-mindedness1881
hesitatingness1890
dither1958
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun] > instance of
fluctuationc1450
vary1600
irresolution1601
staggera1616
hesitancy1617
branling1646
volo-nola1672
unresolve1679
1679 A. Behn Feign'd Curtizans iii. i. 27 Come lay by all sullen unresolves!
1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 202/2 Each smile by unresolve was blighted.
1895 Outing 26 345/1 Her heart was torn, her mind a chaos of unresolve.
1910 W. G. Hole Chained Titan iii. 41 Before that dreadful judgment seat arose..A loathsome form palsied with unresolve.
1988 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) (Nexis) 16 Apr. It leaves us with a subtle but deep unresolve, a haunting sense of loss.
2004 K. McGrath Sanskrit Hero iv. 140 He resolves to discharge the weapon only when he is in complete unresolve, saṃśayaṃ param prāpya, ‘having reached utter doubt’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
unresolvev.
/(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈzɒlv/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈzɔlv/, /ˌənrəˈzɑlv/ Now rare.
transitive. To resolve against (a course of action upon which one has previously resolved). Also intransitive: to reverse or go back upon a previous resolution.
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the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > reverse or abandon one's purpose or intention [verb (transitive)]
to fall from ——a1425
waivec1450
forthink1483
to leave up1523
unresolve1608
startle1612
betray1614
recant1648
recede1650
to turn round1808
to unmake one's mind1848
unwill1871
1608 H. Wotton Let. (modernized text) in L. P. Smith Life & Lett. Sir H. Wotton (1907) I. 429 I could wish..that your Lordship would..unresolve your Roman journey.
1661 A. Burgess Expository Comment 1st Chap. 2 Cor. cxii. 520 Fear of losing some carnal Advantages their hearts are set upon, causeth them to be Yea and Nay, to resolve, and then to unresolve; to promise, and then to break promises.
1675 J. Howe Living Temple 109 That the same thing is not..resolved and unresolved a thousand times in a day.
1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 339 Adriastus resolves and unresolves in the same Moment.
1746 Fool (1748) I. 188 He..consider'd, resolv'd, and unresolv'd, all in the same Moment.
1805 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Inferno I. ii. 23 As one, who unresolves What he hath late resolv'd.
1881 E. A. Dillwyn Chloe Arguelle I. viii. 160 How detestable I am! I've a great mind to unresolve what I've resolved upon!
1971 Rolfe (Iowa) Arrow 30 Dec. I resolve to unresolve my New Year's resolutions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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