uncounsellableadj.
1. Of persons: Not open to counsel.Very common in the 17th century.
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the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > disobediently stubborn
incorrigiblea1340
unchastisable1382
contumaxc1386
stubbornc1386
stoutc1410
contumacec1425
staffish?a1513
unwieldy1513
untractable1538
intractable1545
prefract?1549
incounselable1554
indocible1555
uncorrectable1562
refractorious1563
haggard1566
neck-stiff1570
uncounsellablea1578
refractary1583
contumacious1603
refractarious1609
refractory1615
unmanageable1616
immorigerous1623
refractive1623
pervicacious1633
unrectifiable1645
undocible1653
undocile1656
untractible1670
unadvisable1672
recalcitrant1797
unguidable1822
recalcitrary1861
a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) I. 266 Takand no thocht as ane man wncons[al]able.
1646 J. Whitaker Danger of Greatnesse 28 Pride..makes the soul uncounselable.
1680 C. Ness Compl. Church-hist. 60 Those sturdy rebels were uncounsellable.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Unbiddable, unadvisable, uncounselable.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > inexpediency > [adjective]
unexpedientc1449
discommendable?1537
unpolitic1548
politicless1556
disagreeing1568
impolitica1600
inexpedient1608
unpractical1638
unpolitical1643
unpractic1657
uncounsellablea1674
uneligible1690
unprosperable1690
impolitical1748
unadvisable1758
ineligible1779
inadvisable1782
a1674 Earl of Clarendon Hist. Rebellion (1703) II. viii. 371 It would have been equally uncounsellable to have marched to any distance, and have left such an Enemy at their backs.
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