What is the meaning of unyielding?

adjective

  • Stubbornly unyielding.
    • usage: "dogged persistence"; "dour determination"; "the most vocal and pertinacious of all the critics"; "a mind not gifted to discover truth but tenacious to hold it- T. S. Eliot; "men tenacious of opinion"
  • Resistant to physical force or pressure.
    • usage: "an unyielding head support"
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