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
- ‘It is as if all that running around is a smoke-screen
- a dazzling distraction to hide the hard and unyielding carapace.’
- ‘Who says electronic devices have to be moulded out of unyielding plastic or milled from hard metal?’
- ‘Cheap fake suede is hard and unyielding to your body.’
- ‘Looking below to the hard
- unyielding surface below
- it is the first time I've had second thought about the whole warrior trainee thing.’
- ‘Rain splashed against the unyielding rock
- shattering into droplets
- fragments scattering everywhere.’
- ‘The spine cracked as he opened it
- and the paper was stiff and unyielding.’
- ‘Yet
- when put under pressure the apparent unyielding stiffness becomes a lovely springy curve
- and it's that which puts pressure on the fish.’
- ‘The cliffs are so solid and unyielding and yet
- these beautiful
- persistent plants are allowed to set their roots into that so seemingly impervious surface.’
- ‘The long season leads to unyielding pressure on players to perform at their optimum level throughout the year.’
- ‘Taking it in his hands
- he examined its polished and unblemished surface: cut across the grain
- it was solid and unyielding to the touch.’
- ‘It's hard
- unyielding rock
- 700 million to 800 million years old
- left over from an ancient mountain range.’
- ‘Viewers may be surprised to learn these seemingly unyielding shapes are in fact hollow.’
- ‘You hack away with a pick-axe
- rewarded only by a few flying chips from the unyielding rock.’
- ‘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.’
- ‘His left side felt cold
- pressing against a hard unyielding surface.’
- ‘Tunnels were dug into the castle's unyielding rock.’
- ‘It also helps protect your body from being injured by the unyielding hard metal and plastic surfaces on the inside of your car.’
- ‘Acute limb compartment syndrome is a surgical emergency characterised by raised pressure in an unyielding osteofascial compartment.’
- ‘Her stiff
- unyielding upper body makes it hard to color her roles with real
- heartfelt emotion.’
- ‘Glass as a material seems so hard and unyielding - the slightest bump and it's liable to shatter into tiny shards.’