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unyielding


adjective

  1. unable to bend or be penetrated under pressure; hard: trees so unyielding that they broke in the harsh north winds.
  2. not apt to give way under pressure; inflexible; firm: her unyielding faith.

adjective

  1. not compliant, submissive, or flexiblehis unyielding attitude
  2. not pliable or softa firm and unyielding surface

adj.1590s of persons; 1650s, of substances; from un- (1) “not” + yielding (see yield (v.)).

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