Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Unyielding.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Without yielding; unyielding.
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- adjective Not providing any
yield or return. - adjective archaic
unyielding
Etymologies
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yield + -less
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Examples
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But Plummer honesty, grim and yieldless, said, "You can't thank her, because you're not thankful."
Rebecca Mary Annie Hamilton Donnell
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"gibberish," "nonsense" - it has been frequently said that Wallace's fiction, its virtues notwithstanding, displayed its author's inability to restrain himself; that, however smart he was, he wasn't smart enough to write fiction that didn't distract the reader with yieldless shows of virtuosity; that the net result was work that, in its excess, was often boring and lacked heart.
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