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  • adjective superlative form of stubborn: most stubborn.

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Examples

  • Probably the stubbornest are the small farmers and hillbillies who are perhaps the most individualistic inhabitants of North America.

    The Tennessee Valley Authority 1939

  • Now he's at it again, portraying one of the stubbornest, most isolated and cruelly treated figures in all of Shakespeare -- Shylock the moneylender -- in the Public Theater's sterling new staging of "The Merchant of Venice."

    'Merchant of Venice': Al Pacino's Shylock is a moving take on an immovable man 2010

  • I soaked it with special cleaner over night, then used a plastic spatula, and the point of a not very sharp knife for the stubbornest bits.

    French masterclass 2007

  • One of the stubbornest and most impressively consistent streaks in NFL history is Chicago's near-complete inability to put a serviceable quarterback on the field.

    Can Chicago Love a Quarterback? Ben Austen 2009

  • Team Heroics Show Progress When it comes to sports, one of the stubbornest examples of American exceptionalism is the use of the word “soccer.”

    Are Americans Becoming Soccer Fans? 2009

  • Unless you are a stubborn Dutchman -- and Jan Van Artevelde was the stubbornest Dutchman on Venus.

    SF Tidbits for 9/17/07 2007

  • Team Heroics Show Progress When it comes to sports, one of the stubbornest examples of American exceptionalism is the use of the word “soccer.”

    Are Americans Becoming Soccer Fans? and Nick Wingfield 2009

  • Can anyone doubt that she would work tirelessly to persuade these stubbornest of Reagan Democrats for Obama?

    Mayhill Fowler: The Hangover 2008

  • Yeast is actually a minute fungus, and one of the stubbornest to control.

    Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008

  • Yeast is actually a minute fungus, and one of the stubbornest to control.

    Earl Mindell’s New Herb Bible Earl Mindell 2008

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