unyielding
unyiel·ding
adjective
1.
- “dogged persistence”
- “dour determination”
- “the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics”
- “a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it” T.S.Eliot
- “men tenacious of opinion”
2.
3.
having austere inflexibility
- “a flinty manner”
- “granitic morality”
- “his unyielding mouth and glassy eyes” Marchette Chute
Origin
From un- + yielding.
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