malleable
adjective
capable of being extended or shaped by hammering or by pressure from rollers.
unmalleable
-
a word derived from
malleable.
Example Sentences
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Even with its unyielding quality, Wilson was committed to forging beauty from brutality by producing beads from the almost unmalleable wire.
From National Geographic ● May 17, 2018
Other theorists in China argue that, though cussedly unmalleable, an independent North Korea remains an essential buffer between China and the American-garrisoned South.
From Economist ● Jan. 8, 2015
From these160 peculiarities, and others allied to them, springs the universally unmalleable character of the ancient forms of property.
From Ancient Law Its Connection to the History of Early Society by Sir Henry Sumner Maine
In other respects also," says our main authority, "he was impracticable, unmalleable, and as independent and wilful as if he were the heir to a peerage.
From Thomas Carlyle by John Nichol
The quality of Hepzibah's mind was too unmalleable to take new impressions so readily as Clifford's.
From House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne
