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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Not ductile; not capable of being drawn into threads, as a metal.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Not ductile; incapable of being drawn into threads, as a metal.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Not ductile; incapable of being drawn into threads, as a metal; inelastic; tough.

Etymologies

  1. in- +‎ ductile (Wiktionary)

Examples

  • “The Matter must be of later origin than the forming-power, and therefore must be at its disposition throughout, ready to become anything, ready therefore to any bulk; besides, if it possessed magnitude, it would necessarily possess shape also: it would be doubly inductile.”

    The Six Enneads.

  • “Each touch you give will give shape and form and make a lasting impression, and your hands labour at no hard and inductile mass.”

    Memories of Canada and Scotland — Speeches and Verses

  • “After all, he is no inductile material in some hands.””

    Villette

  • “After all, he is no inductile material in some hands. ”

    Villette

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Words with the same meaning

  1. inelastic
  1. tough
  1. unyielding

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  1. inductility

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