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unpliable

adjective
un·pliable | \"+\

Definition of unpliable 

1 : not liable to persuasion : obstinate the most unpliable mind I ever met— H. J. Laski

2 : not pliable unpliable substances

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Other Words from unpliable

unpliableness \"+ \ noun

First Known Use of unpliable

15th century, in the meaning defined above

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