pliable
adjective
unpliable
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a word derived from
pliable.
Example Sentences
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The basenet, or steel-cap, had no visor, and left exposed a broad countenance, with heavy and unpliable features, which announced the character of his temper and understanding.
From The Betrothed by Sir Walter Scott
Water-glass soaps do not dissolve readily in water, they make but little suds, and render the skin hard and unpliable.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883 by Various
For she was, to use a lumbering expression, all in front of her spine, with neither backward curve to her head, nor her shoulders nor hips, which gave her a peculiarly unpliable appearance.
From Nancy Stair A Novel by Elinor Macartney Lane
There was something fixed in it, and Archie's nebulous easy-going temperament had an invincible repugnance to anything unpliable.
From Diana Tempest, Volume II (of 3) by Mary Cholmondeley
They are clumsy to place, burdensome to carry, and stiff and unpliable to the chafing point.
From Camp and Trail by Stewart Edward White
