Unyielding: meaning, example and synonyms
Unyieldingadj. Refusing to give way or change; firm and inflexible.
Example
Despite months of pressure from investors, the founder remained unyielding in her refusal to sell the company's patient data.
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Synonyms
- inflexible, resolute, adamant, steadfast
- Antonyms
- flexible, pliant, yielding, compliant
- Memory tip
- Un + yielding: like a yield sign it will never obey.
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Check yourself: Unyielding in context
The negotiators found the union ______ on safety rules; it would discuss wages and hours but refused to accept any reduction in staffing on the night shift.
Answer: unyielding. Refusing any compromise on safety means the union was unyielding. Exhilarating (thrilling), desolate (bleak) and momentous (historic) don't describe a firm refusal to give way.
Pressed by colleagues to soften her dissent, the judge remained ______, insisting that the statute's plain language left no room for the broad reading the majority preferred.
Answer: unyielding. Refusing to soften her position despite pressure is unyielding. Impeccable (flawless), counterproductive (self-defeating) and exhilarating (thrilling) don't describe a judge holding firm.