unstiffened
No longer rigid
Unstiffened describes something that has not been made rigid or firm, or something from which stiffness has been removed.
The term appears most often in technical contexts—textiles, engineering, construction—where stiffening is a deliberate process: an unstiffened fabric, an unstiffened steel plate.
An unstiffened collar lacks the insert that would give it shape.
Able to curve
- pliableCapable of bending easily
- pliantEasily bent or influenced
- suppleFlexing without damage
- limberBending without resistance
elastic · yielding · malleable · ductile · springy · resilient · stretchable · bendy
Lacking fabric stiffener
- limpLacking firmness or rigidity
- softYielding to touch
- flowingMoving continuously onward
- drapedHung in loose folds
unhemmed · uncrisp · relaxed · natural · wrinkled · unsized · laundered · worn
Yielding to touch
- pliableCapable of bending easily
- malleableCapable of being shaped
- workableAble to be implemented
- moldableCapable of being shaped
yielding · unsupported · unboned · unlined · flexible · floppy · collapsible · unstructured
bendable
Able to curve
limber · elastic · yielding · malleable · ductile · springy · resilient · stretchable · bendy · whippy
unstarched
Lacking fabric stiffener
draped · unhemmed · uncrisp · relaxed · natural · wrinkled · unsized · laundered · worn · floppy
soft
Yielding to touch
moldable · yielding · unsupported · unboned · unlined · flexible · floppy · collapsible · unstructured · limp
relaxed
Free of stress
casual · at-ease · comfortable · natural · unbraced · slumped · drooping · sagging · limp · unwound
unstiffenedstiffened
Made or became rigid
rigid · reinforced · stiff · braced · supported
unstiffenedstarched
Made stiff with sizing
stiffened · sized · interfaced · structured · boned
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