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"he could not explain the irreproducibility of the results of his experiment"
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hypernym
lexical pointers
antonym
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semantic pointers
similar to
the quality of being overpowering and impossible to resist
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<noun.attribute>
irresistibility |
irresistibleness |
lexical pointers
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lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
sample sentences
"irresistible (or resistless) impulses""what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object?"
semantic pointers
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sample sentences
"irresistible beauty"
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semantic pointers
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an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid
<noun.motive> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
<noun.motive> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
compulsion |
irresistible impulse |
sample sentences
"he felt a compulsion to babble on about the accident"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
the quality of being overpowering and impossible to resist
<noun.attribute>
<noun.attribute>
irresistibility |
irresistibleness |
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
incapable of being resisted
<adv.all> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
<adv.all> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
irresistibly |
overpoweringly |
overwhelmingly |
sample sentences
"the candy looked overwhelmingly desirable to the dieting man"
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derived from/pertains to
lexical pointers
derived from/pertains to
lexical pointers
derived from/pertains to
sample sentences
"the committee was timid and mediocre and irresolute"
semantic pointers
also see
similar to
the trait of being irresolute; lacking firmness of purpose
<noun.attribute>
<noun.attribute>
irresoluteness |
irresolution |
doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1
indecision |
indecisiveness |
irresolution |
sample sentences
"his indecision was only momentary but the opportunity was lost"
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
the trait of being irresolute; lacking firmness of purpose
<noun.attribute>
<noun.attribute>
irresoluteness |
irresolution |
in spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks
<adv.all> freq. cnt.: 24 freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
<adv.all> freq. cnt.: 24 freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
disregarding |
disregardless |
irrespective |
no matter |
regardless |
sample sentences
"he carried on regardless of the difficulties"
a form of untrustworthiness; the trait of lacking a sense of responsibility and not feeling accountable for your actions
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
irresponsibility |
irresponsibleness |
sample sentences
"behaved like an irresponsible idiot""hasty and irresponsible action"
semantic pointers
attribute
similar to
a form of untrustworthiness; the trait of lacking a sense of responsibility and not feeling accountable for your actions
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
irresponsibility |
irresponsibleness |
sample sentences
"he acted irresponsibly"sample sentences
"an irretrievable loss""irretrievable errors in judgment"
semantic pointers
similar to
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
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derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
similar to
sample sentences
"irreverent scholars mocking sacred things""noisy irreverent tourists"
semantic pointers
also see
similar to
characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
impertinent |
irreverent |
pert |
saucy |
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"a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner"
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sample sentences
"in the seventeenth century England had known fifty years of doctrinal quarrels and civil warclergymen had been turned from their cures, and churches irreverently used"
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sample sentences
"the student irreverently mimicked the teacher in his presence"
semantic pointers
hypernym
sample sentences
"irreversible momentum toward revolution"
semantic pointers
similar to
lexical pointers
antonym
semantic pointers
hypernym
sample sentences
"this old tradition is irreversibly disappearing"
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derived from/pertains to
incapable of being retracted or revoked
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
irrevocable |
irrevokable |
lexical pointers
derived from/pertains to
incapable of being retracted or revoked
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
irrevocable |
irrevokable |
a region that is related ethnically or historically to one country but is controlled politically by another
<noun.location>
<noun.location>
irredenta |
irridenta |
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hypernym
the doctrine that irredenta should be controlled by the country to which they are ethnically or historically related
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<noun.cognition>
irredentism |
irridentism |
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lexical pointers
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hypernym