Meanings
comparative more unmalleable · superlative most unmalleable
- Not malleable.
If location photography meant better-looking backgrounds than the painted flats or rear-projection screens of the studios, it also meant that filmmakers had to curtail their creative urges in the face of unmalleable reality.
2007 June 5, Dave Kehr, “New DVDs: Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis”, in New York Times
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivedifficult or impossible to shape or work
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Dutch onbuigzaam
- onbuigzaamunmalleable
Cite this entry
unmalleable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmalleable
“unmalleable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmalleable. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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