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unyielding

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yield⋅ing

  [yeel-ding]
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–adjective
1. inclined to give in; submissive; compliant: a timid, yielding man.
2. tending to give way, esp. under pressure; flexible; supple; pliable: a yielding mattress.
3. (of a crop, soil, etc.) producing a yield; productive.
Origin:
1300–50; ME: owing; see yield, -ing 2

Related forms:
yield⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
yield⋅ing⋅ness, noun
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un·yield·ing   (ŭn-yēl'dĭng)   
adj.  

  1. Not bending; inflexible.

  2. Not giving way to pressure or persuasion; obdurate.

un·yield'ing·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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