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   un·yield·ing

   /ˌənˈyēldiNG/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a mass or structure) not giving way to pressure; hard or solid: "the Atlantic hurled its waves at the unyielding rocks" Similar stiffinflexibleunpliablenonflexibleunbendinginelasticfirmhardsolidtoughtighttautcompactcompactedcompresseddenserare:impliableunmalleablerenitent
   • ▪ (of a person or their behavior) unlikely to be swayed; resolute: "his unyielding faith" Similar resoluteinflexibleuncompromisingunbendingunshakeableunwaveringunpersuadableuncooperativeimmovableintractableintransigentrigidstiffhard-linehard and fasttoughfirmdeterminediron-willeddoggedobstinatestubbornnot giving an inchdiehardadamantobduratetenaciouspertinaciousrelentlessimplacableinexorablesingle-mindedstiff-neckedinformal:bloody-mindedrare:induraterenitentunmalleable

   Derivatives

   • 1. unyieldingly adverb
   • 2. unyieldingness noun

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   The earliest known use of the adjective unyielding is in the late 1500s. OED's earliest evidence for unyielding is from 1594, in the writing of William Shakespeare, playwright and poet. unyielding is formed within English, by derivation.

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   'Unyielding' in a sentence: The 35-year-old doesn’t miss the pre-race nerves, the warm-up and warm-down routines, the unyielding pressure.

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   Definitions of unyieldingness. Definitions of. unyieldingness. noun. resoluteness by virtue of being unyielding and inflexible. synonyms: adamance, obduracy. see more.