Unpliant
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 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
More examples"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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