unyielding

unyielding
adj
1. unbending, inflexible, inductile, stiff; rigid, firm, hard, adamantine; implastic, inelastic, wooden, petrified, ossified; set, fixed, immobile, immovable, unchangeable.
2. unrelieved, relentless, implacable; stark, hardcore; uncompromising, hard-line, get-tough.
3. steadfast, resolute, staunch, constant, unwavering, unfaltering, steady; undaunted, indomitable; determined, persistent, tenacious, persevering, sedulous, untiring, unflagging; loyal, faithful, zealous, true; strong-willed, decisive, strong, stern; firm, unshaken, undeviating, unswerving, unchanging, enduring; set, fixed, settled, stable, immovable.
4. unmanageable, intractable, refractory, uncontrollable, unruly, ungovernable, disobedient; unmalleable, uncompliant, unamenable, unobliging, unimpressible, uninfluenced, opinionated, bigoted, unreasonable; obdurate, recalcitrant, adamant, unbending, inflexible, intransigent; headstrong, peverse, stubborn, mulish, bullheaded, pigheaded, bullethead-ed, resistant, obstinate, willful, pervicacious, pertinacious, renitent.
5.(of land or soil) unproductive, unfruitful, sterile, barren, dry, arid, desert, infecund, unprolific.

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