unpliable

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The court coteries did not yet venture to assail these unpliable men; and it is a merit in the King that he held a protecting hand over their integrity.

From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. by Freytag, Gustav

They are clumsy to place, burdensome to carry, and stiff and unpliable to the chafing point.

From Camp and Trail by White, Stewart Edward

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)

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

From The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by Boswell, James

The basenet, or steel-cap, had no visor, and left exposed a broad countenance, with heavy and unpliable features, which announced the character of his temper and understanding.

From The Betrothed by Scott, Walter, Sir