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unmalleable

unmalleable adjective: not malleable.

Adjective

unmalleable (comparative more unmalleable, superlative most unmalleable)

  1. Not malleable.
    • If location photography meant better-looking backgrounds than the painted flats or rear-projection screens of the studios, it also meant that filmmakers had to curtail their creative urges in the face of unmalleable reality.2007 June 5, Dave Kehr, “New DVDs: Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis”, in New York Times

Forms of unmalleable

comparativemore unmalleable
superlativemost unmalleable

Origin of unmalleable

From un- + malleable.

Words formed from unmalleable

Questions about unmalleable

What does unmalleable mean?
Unmalleable means not malleable.
What part of speech is unmalleable?
Unmalleable is an adjective.

Words near unmalleable in the dictionary

  1. unmaliciously
  2. unmalign
  3. unmalignant
  4. unmaligned
  5. unmalleability
  6. unmalleable
  7. unmalleably
  8. unmalled
  9. unmaltable
  10. unmalted
  11. unmammalian

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