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. [1913 Webster] 2. Incapable of being resisted; irresistible. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]