unplasticadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈplastɪk/, U.S. /ˌənˈplæstɪk/ Not plastic (in various senses).
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the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > inflexible
ironOE
stour1303
strange1338
unmovablea1382
inflexible1398
stoutc1410
unpliablea1425
intreatable1509
stiff1526
stiff-necked1526
unpliant1547
stout-hearted1552
inexorable1553
obstinate1559
strait-laced1560
impersuasible1576
unflexiblea1586
hard-edged1589
adamantive1594
unyielding1594
adder-deaf1597
steeled1600
irrefragable1601
rigid1606
unpersuadable1607
imployable1613
unswayablea1616
uncompellable1623
inflexive?1624
over-rigid1632
unlimbera1639
seta1640
incomplying1640
uncomplying1643
stiff-girt1659
impersuadable1680
unbendinga1688
impracticable1713
unblendable1716
stiff-rumped1728
unconvinciblea1747
uncompounding1782
unplastic1787
unbending1796
adamant1816
uneasy1819
uncompromising1828
cast iron1829
hard-hitting1831
rigoristic1844
ramrod1850
pincé1858
anchylosed1860
unbendable1884
tape-bound1900
tape-tied1900
hard line1903
tough1905
absolutist1907
hard-arsed1942
go-for-broke1946
hardcore1951
hard-arse1966
hard-ass1967
hardball1974
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > [adjective] > not
unplastic1883
1787 Generous Attachment IV. 231 Those [articles] which the subtle Mr. Archer..endeavoured to hammer out of the unplastic disposition of the relentless Sir James.
1804 Monthly Rev. July 274 Gentle poesy should be allowed to euphonize such an unplastic name as Moraig.
1883 C. C. Perkins Hist. Handbk. Ital. Sculpt. iii. i. 244 Statues of Apollo, Mercury, Minerva and Peace..thoroughly unplastic in action and conception.
1894 Illustr. London News 24 Mar. 364/3 The idea of harsh unplastic feeling.
1931 Art Bull. 13 251 Archaic representation implies an unplastic relief of parallel planes.
1974 Ski Dec. 28 Taos..attracts the for-real, unplastic but fantastic skiers.
2004 Musical Times Spring 66 Sibelius's themes are unplastic, trivial note-sequences.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1787