immalleable

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪˈmæliəbəl/ UK /ɪˈmæliəbəl/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
not malleable; rigid and unable to be shaped

The brittle alloy was immalleable and cracked under the hammer.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · not malleable; rigid and... rigid inflexible unyielding stiffunbendinghard

Opposites

malleable pliable flexible ductile

Word family

Derived forms immalleability

Related forms malleable malleability mallet

Etymology

From in- ('not') + malleable, from Latin malleabilis, from malleus ('hammer').

malleus Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# immalleable

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ɪˈmæliəbəl/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪˈmæliəbəl/

## Meanings
1. not malleable; rigid and unable to be shaped

## Examples
- The brittle alloy was immalleable and cracked under the hammer.

## Synonyms
- rigid
- inflexible
- unyielding
- stiff
- unbending
- hard

## Antonyms
- malleable
- pliable
- flexible
- ductile

## Derived Forms
- immalleability

## Related Forms
- malleable
- malleability
- mallet

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: malleus

## Etymology
From in- ('not') + malleable, from Latin malleabilis, from malleus ('hammer').

## AI Etymology
immalleable comes from in- ('not') + malleable, from Latin malleabilis, from malleus ('hammer'). Morphologically, the prefixed shape matters: the initial element belongs to the recorded formation and helps explain the modern form's surface analysis. In present English, the adjective sense is "not malleable; rigid and unable to be shaped", so the historical development ends in a clearly identifiable modern dictionary use. The same base also appears in related forms such as malleable, malleability, and mallet, and in derivatives such as immalleability. Its semantic neighborhood includes rigid, inflexible, unyielding, and stiff, which helps locate the modern sense without adding a separate etymological claim. The named historical forms include Latin malleus.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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