unpliable

adjective

un·​pliable

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1

: not liable to persuasion : obstinate

the most unpliable mind I ever met

—H. J. Laski

2

: not pliable

unpliable substances

unpliableness

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noun

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

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