Unmalleable

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not malleable.

    "If location photography meant better-looking backgrounds than the painted flats or rear-projection screens of the studios, it also meant that filmmakers had to curtail their creative urges in the face of unmalleable reality."

Adjective
  1. 1
    difficult or impossible to shape or work wordnet

Synonyms

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adamantbeyond controlcontumaciousdefiantfractiousimmovable

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"If location photography meant better-looking backgrounds than the painted flats or rear-projection screens of the studios, it also meant that filmmakers had to curtail their creative urges in the face of unmalleable reality."

Etymology

From un- + malleable.

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