Antonyms for dead setdead set

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1. bent, bent on(p), dead set(p), out to(p)adjective

   fixed in your purpose

   "bent on going to the theater"; "dead set against intervening"; "out to win every event"

   Antonyms:
   irresolute

How to use dead set in a sentence?

1. Bill Ford:

   I was dead set against it, initially.

2. John Powell:

   He was dead set on joining some branch of the military, even as a kid.

3. Nicola Lindson-Hawley:

   Health care workers should offer abrupt quitting first, but if that is not an option, gradual quitting can be a second-line approach, we understand that people might be dead set against quitting abruptly so if the only way they would consider quitting is gradually then the results of this trial suggest it shouldn't be ruled out.

4. John McCain:

   I think it's a dark day in the history of the United States Senate. It's going to happen. It's interesting that Republicans were dead set against it when my former colleague Harry Reid invoked it with the judges, but now it seems to be OK.

5. New York:

   Steve Scalise, who is the No. 2, is being wooed personally by President Trump to run for governor of Louisiana this year, and the No. 3, Liz Cheney, is thinking about running for the The Senate next year in Wyoming. I'm told that Steve Scalise is dead set against running for governor this year, 100 %... I'm told. But Liz Cheney is a different story.

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