Dictionary entry

Unyielding

Pronunciation: /ʌnˈjiːldɪŋ/

Pronunciation

/ʌnˈjiːldɪŋ/

Myanmar Meaning

မလိုက်လျောသော။ ခိုင်မာသော၊ ခေါင်းမာသော။

Definition

unyielding /ʌn'ji:ldÇŋ / adj ~ (in sth) တင္းမာေသာ။ အေလွ်ာ့မေပးေသာ။ အ႐ံႈး မေပးေသာ။ The mattress was hard and unyielding. ❍ She is unyielding in her opposition to the plan.

Examples

  1. ‘It is as if all that running around is a smoke-screen
  2. a dazzling distraction to hide the hard and unyielding carapace.’
  3. ‘Who says electronic devices have to be moulded out of unyielding plastic or milled from hard metal?’
  4. ‘Cheap fake suede is hard and unyielding to your body.’
  5. ‘Looking below to the hard
  6. unyielding surface below
  7. it is the first time I've had second thought about the whole warrior trainee thing.’
  8. ‘Rain splashed against the unyielding rock
  9. shattering into droplets
  10. fragments scattering everywhere.’
  11. ‘The spine cracked as he opened it
  12. and the paper was stiff and unyielding.’
  13. ‘Yet
  14. when put under pressure the apparent unyielding stiffness becomes a lovely springy curve
  15. and it's that which puts pressure on the fish.’
  16. ‘The cliffs are so solid and unyielding and yet
  17. these beautiful
  18. persistent plants are allowed to set their roots into that so seemingly impervious surface.’
  19. ‘The long season leads to unyielding pressure on players to perform at their optimum level throughout the year.’
  20. ‘Taking it in his hands
  21. he examined its polished and unblemished surface: cut across the grain
  22. it was solid and unyielding to the touch.’
  23. ‘It's hard
  24. unyielding rock
  25. 700 million to 800 million years old
  26. left over from an ancient mountain range.’
  27. ‘Viewers may be surprised to learn these seemingly unyielding shapes are in fact hollow.’
  28. ‘You hack away with a pick-axe
  29. rewarded only by a few flying chips from the unyielding rock.’
  30. ‘The main raw material that is a compound of polyester resin mixed with calcium carbonate is caste in silicone rubber which helps in giving it an unyielding structure.’
  31. ‘His left side felt cold
  32. pressing against a hard unyielding surface.’
  33. ‘Tunnels were dug into the castle's unyielding rock.’
  34. ‘It also helps protect your body from being injured by the unyielding hard metal and plastic surfaces on the inside of your car.’
  35. ‘Acute limb compartment syndrome is a surgical emergency characterised by raised pressure in an unyielding osteofascial compartment.’
  36. ‘Her stiff
  37. unyielding upper body makes it hard to color her roles with real
  38. heartfelt emotion.’
  39. ‘Glass as a material seems so hard and unyielding - the slightest bump and it's liable to shatter into tiny shards.’