unpliable

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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

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

For she was, to use a lumbering expression, all in front of her spine, with neither backward curve to her head, nor her shoulders nor hips, which gave her a peculiarly unpliable appearance.

From Nancy Stair A Novel by Lane, Elinor Macartney

Some method of training must be chosen in which renewals may be made rather frequently from the ground so that if the trunks become large, clumsy and unpliable, a more manageable trunk can be trained.

From Manual of American Grape-Growing by Hedrick, U. P.

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

From Camp and Trail by White, Stewart Edward