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unpliable

ADJECTIVE

intractable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

incurable intransigent stubborn uncompromising unmanageable

WEAK

awkward bull-headed cantankerous contrary fractious hang-tough hard-line headstrong immovable incompliant indocile indomitable insoluble locked locked-in mulish obdurate obstinate pat pertinacious perverse pig-headed recalcitrant refractory resolute self-willed tenacious tough unbending uncooperative undisciplined ungovernable unruly unyielding wayward wild willful

Antonyms

STRONGEST

willing

WEAK

manageable

ADJECTIVE

intractable/intransigent

Synonyms

WEAK

awkward bullheaded cantankerous contrary hang-tough hard-line headstrong immovable incompliant incurable indocile indomitable insoluble locked-in mulish obdurate obstinate pat pertinacious perverse pigheaded recalcitrant refractory resolute self-willed set in stone tenacious tough unbending uncompromising uncooperative undisciplined ungovernable unmanageable unruly unyielding wayward wild willful

Antonyms

WEAK

amenable easy facile manageable

ADJECTIVE

untoward

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adverse disturbing perverse unfortunate unmanageable

WEAK

annoying awkward contrary disastrous fractious hapless ill-starred inauspicious inconvenient indocile inimical inopportune intractable irritating luckless misfortunate recalcitrant refractory star-crossed undisciplined unfavorable ungovernable unhappy unlucky unpropitious unruly untimely unyielding vexatious wild

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fortunate happy lucky

WEAK

acceptable auspicious proper suitable

Example Sentences

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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

Her very lips were stiff and unpliable with the force of the blood which rushed to her head.

From Ruth by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

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

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

From The Land of Look Behind by Brown, Paul Cameron

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

From Camp and Trail by White, Stewart Edward

unpliable

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