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showing no signs of slackening or yielding in one's purpose<the pioneers faced the challenge of settling the frontier with unyielding courage>Synonymsdetermined, dogged, grim, implacable, relentless, unappeasable, unflinching, unrelentingRelated Wordshardheaded, headstrong, mulish, obdurate, opinionated, peevish, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, self-willed, stubborn, uncooperative, willful (or wilful); merciless, ruthless, unforgivingNear Antonymsslackening, softening, yielding; impotent, invertebrate, slack, spineless, weak
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having a consistency that does not easily yield to pressure<knead the dough until it feels reasonably unyielding>— see firm 2
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incapable of or highly resistant to bending<an unyielding steel bar>— see stiff 1
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sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion<my parents remained unyielding to my pleas for clemency, and I remained at home for the entire weekend>— see obstinate
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