unpliable

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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

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

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

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

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)