Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not resilient.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Not resilient; not recoiling or rebounding; inelastic.

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  • adjective Not resilient; not recoiling or rebounding; inelastic.

Etymologies

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ir- +‎ resilient

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Examples

  • His cheeks were pink, soft to the touch, with the irresilient softness of age, like the skin of a peach that has been scalded.

    The Fountainhead Rand, Ayn 1943

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