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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 [ʌnˈjiːldɪŋ]
adj
1. not compliant, submissive, or flexible his unyielding attitude
2. not pliable or soft a firm and unyielding surface
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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"
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

unyielding
Translations
unyielding [ʌnˈjiːldɪŋ] ADJinflexible
unyielding
adj substanceunnachgiebig; (fig) person, demand also, resistancehart
unyielding [ʌnˈjiːldɪŋ] adj (person) → inflessibile; (material) → rigido/a, duro/a
unyielding [ʌnˈjiːldɪŋ] adj (person) → inflessibile; (material) → rigido/a, duro/a


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From species to species, as: 'With blade of bronze drew away the life,' and 'Cleft the water with the vessel of unyielding bronze.
When the mining first began, several rebels toward the East had tried profitlessly to buck this irrefragable game and had found they had battered their unyielding heads against an equally unyielding stone wall.
The former history of our chair, my children, has given you some idea of what a harsh, unyielding, stern set of men the old Puritans were.
 
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