uncompliantadj.
(un- prefix1 1.)
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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 > action or operation > difficulty > types of difficulty > [adjective] > difficult or intractable (of things)
wickc1330
riotous1340
wickeda1352
untreatablec1374
frowarda1400
inobedient1495
stubborn?1518
unwieldya1538
unruly1548
wieldlessa1560
hard1560
untoward1566
tickle1570
churlish1577
unwieldsome1579
rebellious1587
disobedient1588
unframeable1593
unwilling1593
untractable1601
unmanageable1606
intractable1607
surly1609
unwedgeablea1616
dogged1627
uncontrollable1648
obdurate1651
morose1652
uncompliant1659
sullen1678
unpliant1716
ungovernable1773
sulky1867
intractile1880
unwieldly1881
bunglesome1915
1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα iii. xv. 305 By which you and they must needs be so well informed, as to be justly opposite and uncompliant to those Errours.
1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 672 When..the Stubborn Necessity of Matter proves uncompliant.
a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 217 They generate a stiffness and preciseness.., rendering men troublesome and uncompliant.
1828 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I I. viii. 259 The King, in despair, dissolved this uncompliant Parliament.
1860 W. L. Collins Luck of Ladysmede (1862) I. 320 A miserable wife, as some said,—an uncompliant mistress, according to others.
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