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inflexible

/ɪn'flɛksəbəl/

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adjective
incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances
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"an inflexible law"

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rigid unbending unadaptable
adjective
not making concessions
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sturdy uncompromising hardline hard-line
adjective
incapable of change
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"a man of inflexible purpose"

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adamantine brassbound die-hard fossilised fossilized hard-core inexorable adamant intransigent ironclad ossified rock-ribbed

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flexible
adjective
resistant to being bent
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"an inflexible iron bar" "an inflexible knife blade"

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muscle-bound rigid stiff semirigid

Opposite:

flexible

Examples of inflexible

"an inflexible law"
"a man of inflexible purpose"
"an inflexible iron bar"
"an inflexible knife blade"