The Collaborative International Dictionary
Resistless \Re*sist"less\, a.
Having no power to resist; making no opposition. [Obs. or R.]
--Spenser.-
Incapable of being resisted; irresistible.
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.
Wiktionary
a. 1 That cannot be resisted; irresistible. (from 16th c.) 2 Putting up no resistance; unresisting. (from 16th c.)
WordNet
adj. impossible to resist; overpowering; "irresistible (or resistless) impulses"; "what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object?" [syn: irresistible] [ant: resistible]
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: supine, unresisting]
Usage examples of "resistless".
Untouched, unassailable, undefiled, that mighty world-force, that nourisher of nations, wrapped in Nirvanic calm, indifferent to the human swarm, gigantic, resistless, moved onward in its appointed grooves.
I seem to be in the grasp of some resistless, inexorable evil, which no foresight and no precautions can guard against.
I passed it again the other day, and was struck with awe on looking up and beholding that mark, now more distinct than ever, where a terrific and resistless bolt came down out of the harmless sky eight years ago.