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unbendable

unbendable adjective: not bendable.

Adjective

unbendable (comparative more unbendable, superlative most unbendable)

  1. not bendable
    • No one would have originated the idea of piecing together several bits of hard unbendable material, and giving them elasticity by means of sinews or hide, unless they had previously been acquainted with the use of the plain bow.1890, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain, volume 19
    • It takes expert, trained hands to handle a fracture; a board or thick, unbendable material under or next to the fractured part should be applied as a splint before the part is moved.1960, Florence Dakin, Ella M. Thompson, Simplified Nursing: The Essentials of Practical Nursing

Forms of unbendable

comparativemore unbendable
superlativemost unbendable

Origin of unbendable

From un- + bendable.

Words formed from unbendable

Questions about unbendable

What does unbendable mean?
Unbendable means not bendable.
What part of speech is unbendable?
Unbendable is an adjective.

Words near unbendable in the dictionary

  1. unbenched
  2. unbenches
  3. unbenching
  4. unbenchmarked
  5. unbend
  6. unbendable
  7. unbendableness
  8. unbendably
  9. unbended
  10. unbending
  11. unbendingly

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