adjective
- not easily bent, shaped, or influenced; rigid or inflexible
Usage: formal
Examples
- The unpliant metal refused to bend under pressure.
- Her unpliant attitude made negotiations difficult.
- The old leather had become unpliant and cracked.
- His unpliant stance on the issue frustrated his colleagues.
- The unpliant branches snapped in the strong wind.
- The committee found her unpliant in her demands.