unpliable

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All our failures here proceed from bad education, want of capacity, or a perverse and unpliable disposition.

From An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals by Hume, David

Water-glass soaps do not dissolve readily in water, they make but little suds, and render the skin hard and unpliable.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883 by Various

She had no notion of a joke, Sir; had come late into life, and had a mighty unpliable understanding.

From Life of Johnson, Volume 5 Tour to the Hebrides (1773) and Journey into North Wales (1774) by Boswell, James

Its furniture was almost entirely of the same date as the house, which means dingy carpets, curtains of harsh and unpliable stuff, and immense catafalques of mahogany in the shape of sideboards, arm-chairs, and beds.

From A Country Gentleman and his Family by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)

How grotesque her features were, so hard and unpliable seemed her flesh.

From The Land of Look Behind by Brown, Paul Cameron