unpliable

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She had no notion of a joke, sir; had come late into life, and had a mighty unpliable understanding.

From The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL.D. by Boswell, James

In vain, anxious to be let off, was I restrained in utterance—cold, unpliable.

From Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story by Simms, William Gilmore

I thought I had adroitly escaped the rather unpliable name of "Williams," curtailing your poor daughters to their proper surnames; but it seems you would not let me off so easily.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 by Lamb, Mary

They are clumsy to place, burdensome to carry, and stiff and unpliable to the chafing point.

From Camp and Trail by White, Stewart Edward

Its furniture was almost entirely of the same date as the house, which means dingy carpets, curtains of harsh and unpliable stuff, and immense catafalques of mahogany in the shape of sideboards, arm-chairs, and beds.

From A Country Gentleman and his Family by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)