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unbendable

adj

Etymology

From un- + bendable.

  1. derived from *bʰendʰ-✻ — “to bind, tie”
  2. inherited from *bandijaną✻ — “to bend”
  3. inherited from *bandijan✻
  4. inherited from bendan — “to bind or bend (a bow), fetter, restrain”
  5. inherited from benden
  6. suffixed as bendable — “bend + -able”
  7. prefixed as unbendable — “un + bendable”

Definitions

  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.
    • 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.
    • Or at least some hard, unbendable material. Steel? Or something even more sturdy? Some new high-tech material that was indestructible? Matt wasn't sure.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA