unpliable

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Imperfect and unpliable the language is, but never inexact.

From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Cruttwell, Charles Thomas

These jack-boots were as solid and unpliable as iron, square-toed and clumsy of shape.

From Two Centuries of Costume in America, Volume 1 (1620-1820) by Earle, Alice Morse

There was something fixed in it, and Archie's nebulous easy-going temperament had an invincible repugnance to anything unpliable.

From Diana Tempest, Volume II (of 3) by Cholmondeley, Mary

I thought I had adroitly escaped the rather unpliable name of "Williams," curtailing your poor daughters to their proper surnames; but it seems you would not let me off so easily.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 by Lamb, Mary

In vain, anxious to be let off, was I restrained in utterance—cold, unpliable.

From Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story by Simms, William Gilmore