unyieldly
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Not yieldly
Not yieldly; yielding little or nothing; unproductive; useless.
- The stiff and unyieldly limb was of no use in Indian raids.
- Over a million mom-and-pop stores in this unyieldly system use political power to slow the expansion of efficient, large-scale retail businesses. In many cases orders must be delivered by bicycles through back alleys too narrow for cars.
- Such explosion-proof motors also necessitate the use of explosion-proof cables which are also more costly and heavier and are also more unflexible and unyieldly.
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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA