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unyielding

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un·yield·ing  (n-yldng)
adj.
1. Not bending; inflexible.
2. Not giving way to pressure or persuasion; obdurate.
un·yielding·ly adv.
unyielding
Adjective
remaining firm and determined
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Adj.1.unyieldingunyielding - stubbornly unyielding; "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it"- T.S.Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion"
dogged, dour, pertinacious, tenacious, persistent
obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate - tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield
2.unyielding - resistant to physical force or pressure; "an unyielding head support"
hard - resisting weight or pressure
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