Unpliant

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not pliant.

    "The brawny craftsman finds it no child's play to mould his unpliant rugged masses; neither is guidance of men a dilettantism: what it becomes when treated as a dilettantism, we may see!"

Example

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"The brawny craftsman finds it no child's play to mould his unpliant rugged masses; neither is guidance of men a dilettantism: what it becomes when treated as a dilettantism, we may see!"

Etymology

From un- + pliant.

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