uncompliableadj.
(un- prefix1 1b.)
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society > authority > lack of subjection > [adjective] > intractable or recalcitrant
unbuxoma1250
unbowsomec1290
sturdy13..
wildc1350
stubbornc1386
unbaina1400
stoutc1410
kimeta1450
staffish?a1513
untractable1538
intractable1545
sullen1577
restiff1578
indocile1603
resty1603
hot-mouthed1609
immorigerous1623
intractive1623
uncompliable1626
restivea1628
non-complying1649
uncompliant1659
incompliant1706
unobliging1707
recalcitrant1797
unbiddable1825
stocky1836
recalcitrary1861
calcitrant1866
non-cooperative1867
recalcitrating1870
ropeable1870
non-cooperating1895
bolshie1918
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [adjective] > incompatible
repugnantc1443
unsufferablea1586
insociable1591
incompatible1592
incompossible1605
unsociable1611
irreconciliable1615
incompliable1625
uncompliable1626
incompassible1630
incompatible1641
incompatible1641
inconsistent1656
incoherent1704
exclusivea1716
incombining1738
unassociable1816
inconjoinable1844
1626 R. Montagu in J. Cosin Corr. 28 June (1869) I. lx. 95 The disposition of some men..who will not be won, but are uncompliable and intractable.
1687 H. More Answer to Psychopyrist (1689) 127 How uncompliable this Difference is with History.
Derivatives
uncompliaˈbility n.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > [noun] > intractability or recalcitrance
unbowsomeness1340
wincing1426
restiness?c1550
restiffness?1561
restiveness?1561
intractability1579
untractablenessa1600
indocility1648
non-compliance1648
intractableness1664
non-complying1687
uncompliableness1687
incompliance1708
non-cooperation1795
recalcitrancy1844
recalcitrance1845
uncompliability1880
bolshiness1975
1880 J. H. Burton Hist. Reign Queen Anne I. ii. 62 Their uncompliability was neutral, not active.
uncompliaˈbleness n.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > [noun] > intractability or recalcitrance
unbowsomeness1340
wincing1426
restiness?c1550
restiffness?1561
restiveness?1561
intractability1579
untractablenessa1600
indocility1648
non-compliance1648
intractableness1664
non-complying1687
uncompliableness1687
incompliance1708
non-cooperation1795
recalcitrancy1844
recalcitrance1845
uncompliability1880
bolshiness1975
1687 H. More Contin. Remark. Stories (1689) 427 His displeasure against her uncompliableness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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