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
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
With the unbending uprightness of the Grimkie forebears there went a prosaic and unmalleable strain destructive alike of sentiment and the artistic ideals.
From The Grafters by Francis Lynde
I have, indeed, some idea that Mr. Herries has already discovered that I am made of different and more unmalleable metal than he had at first believed.
From Redgauntlet by Sir Walter Scott
