unpliable

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All her life, as it seemed, she had been accustomed to mediate between these two unpliable and stubborn temperaments.

From The Market-Place by Frederic, Harold

Her very lips were stiff and unpliable with the force of the blood which rushed to her head.

From Ruth by Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

Some method of training must be chosen in which renewals may be made rather frequently from the ground so that if the trunks become large, clumsy and unpliable, a more manageable trunk can be trained.

From Manual of American Grape-Growing by Hedrick, U. P.

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 Scott, Walter, Sir

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 Cholmondeley, Mary