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What is the adjective for resistless?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb resist which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

resistant
  1. Which makes resistance or offers opposition.
  2. Which is not affected or overcome by a disease, drug, chemical or atmospheric agent, extreme of temperature, etc.
  3. (statistics) Not greatly influenced by individual members of a sample.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. immune, insusceptible, invulnerable, resistive, unsusceptible, impervious, renitent, repellent, resisting, unaffected, protected from, safe from, secure against, imperviable to, repellent of, unaffected by, unsusceptible to, proof, protected, imperviable, tight, impermeable, safe, -proof, untouched, proof against, not open, not affected, not liable, clear of, not in danger of, not exposed, not subject, free from, not vulnerable, hardened to, strong, sturdy, tough, hardy, hard, resilient, unassailable, impenetrable, waterproof, water-resistant … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “Dentin is relatively resistant to the harsh effects of decalcifying fluids, but special care must be taken to avoid damage to the pulp.”
      “The ideal composter must have inbuilt thermal insulation with hard and resistant walls, as well as sufficient ventilation.”
      “Remember that compared to other children, defiant children are very challenging and very resistant to discipline.”
resistless
  1. That cannot be resisted; irresistible. [from 16th c.]
  2. Putting up no resistance; unresisting. [from 16th c.]
  3. Synonyms:
      4. subservient, submissive, servile, obsequious, deferential, compliant, fawning, obedient, abject, humble, sycophantic, dutiful, groveling, grovelling, yielding, cringing, meek, slavish, bootlicking, obeisant, biddable, acquiescent, docile, accommodating, passive, pliant, unassertive, duteous, resigned, menial, subdued, spiritless, timid, truckling, ductile, mild, sniveling, snivelling, lamblike, longanimous, subject, cowering, downtrodden, dancing, self-abasing, self-effacing, in one's clutches, in one's pocket, in one's power, a slave to … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Every race carries in its mental constitution the laws of its destiny, and it is, perhaps, these laws that it obeys with a resistless impulse.”
      “Humanity, gripped in the clutches of its devastating power, is smitten by the evidence of its resistless fury.”
      “For three whole days, during which time did not exist for him, he struggled in that black sack into which he was being thrust by an invisible, resistless force.”
resistive
  1. (physics) Resisting the passage of electrical current
  2. Tending to resist
  3. Synonyms:
      4. insusceptible, unsusceptible, immune, invulnerable, impervious, renitent, repellent, resisting, proof, protected, resistant, unaffected, safe from, protected from, secure against, repellent of, imperviable to, unsusceptible to, unaffected by, unreceptive, obdurate, hardened, closed, rigid, impenetrable, safe, untouched, proof against, not open, not affected, not liable, clear of, not in danger of, not exposed, not subject, free from, not vulnerable, hardened to, unimpressionable, lost, not subject to, unresponsive, untouched by, unmoved by … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “Despite the relentless persuasion, her resistive nature prevented her from succumbing to the temptations of indulgence.”
      “The lower cost of resistive technology and its input flexibility has led to its dominance in the marketplace.”
      “The work involved depositing a resistive nickle-phosphorus layer using electroless plating on a copper foil.”
resistable
  1. Alternative form of resistible
resistful
  1. Making much resistance.
resistible
  1. Able to be resisted.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. opposable, restrainable, preventable, stoppable, thwartable, avertible, evitable, haltable, inhibitable, blockable, dodgeable, escapable, avoidable, needless, noninevitable, unnecessary, avertable, evadable, postponable, forestallable, hinderable, tolerable, bearable, sufferable, endurable, supportable, sustainable, manageable, acceptable, brookable, weatherable, withstandable, livable, passable … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The temptation to mock the hyper-sensitive, while not completely resistible, should be indulged within limits.”
      “In each of these pieces, a horrible fate, resistible but for the protagonist's refusal to resist it, is on the way or already here.”
      “In any case, it is impossible to verify empirically whether an impulse is resistible.”
resisted
  1. simple past tense and past participle of resist
  2. Synonyms:
      3. helped, avoided, refrained from, stopped, averted, dodged, evaded, prevented, abstained, abstained from, bypassed, circumvented, controlled, deflected, desisted, diverted, ducked, eluded, escaped, forbore, got around, passed up, precluded, restrained from, shied from, shirked, shook off, shrank from, sidestepped, skipped, skipped out on, skirted, stayed away, stayed away from, steered clear, steered clear of, withstood, broke the habit of, fended off, forbore from, got out of, held off, kept from, neutralised, shunned, warded off, anticipated, arrested, blocked, checked … more
resisting
  1. present participle of resist
  2. Synonyms:
      3. weathering, withstanding, bearing, standing, brooking, enduring, outlasting, overcoming, surviving, tolerating, abiding, braving, suffering, surmounting, sustaining, taking, wearing, gainstanding, gainstaying, withsetting, withsitting, withstaying, holding out against, coping with, grappling with, putting up with, coming through, contending with, getting through, living through, persevering against, pulling through, riding out, bearing up against, persisting with, bearing the brunt of, prevailing against, standing up to, hanging tough, holding out, sticking it out, dying hard against, staying the course, opposing, defying, hindering, impeding, obstructing, blocking, challenging … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The police were called by a social worker seeking assistance to transport a resisting person to a mental health facility.”
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