untender

adjective

un·​tender

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1

: not tender in manner or approach : not gentle or sympathetic

an amusing companion … but fundamentally an unloving, untender woman

—C. D. Lewis

so young and so untender

—Shakespeare

2

archaic : not guided or influenced by religious feelings

3

: not soft or fragile : not easily hurt : tough

my throat was stiff and my jaw was not untender

—Raymond Chandler

untenderly adverb

untenderness noun

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