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   In·flex·i·ble

   /inˈfleksəb(ə)l/

   

   adjective

   • 1. unwilling to change or compromise: "once she had made up her mind, she was inflexible" Similar stubbornobstinateobdurateintractableintransigentunbendingimmovableinexorableunadaptableunaccommodatinghideboundset in one's waysblinkeredsingle-mindedpigheadedmulishuncompromisingdoggedadamantfirmresolutediehardsteelyiron-willeddyed-in-the-woolformal:refractoryOpposite flexibleaccommodating
   • ▪ not able to be changed or adapted to particular circumstances: "inflexible rules" Similar unalterableunchangeableunvaryingunwaveringunshakeableentrenchedfirmfixedsetestablishedhard and fastuncompromisingstringentrigorousstrictsevereinexorableimmutableOpposite flexible
   • 2. not able to be bent; stiff: "the heavy inflexible armor of the beetles" Similar rigidstiffnonflexibleunyieldingunbendingunbendabletauthardfirminelasticrare:impliableunmalleableOpposite flexiblepliable

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin inflexibilis, from in- ‘not’ + flexibilis ‘flexible’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. inflexibly adverb

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