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What (who) is inflexible - definition

WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Inflexible (disambiguation)

inflexible         
1.
Something that is inflexible cannot be altered in any way, even if the situation changes.
Workers insisted the new system was too inflexible...
= rigid
? flexible
ADJ
inflexibility
The snag about an endowment mortgage is its inflexibility.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
If you say that someone is inflexible, you are criticizing them because they refuse to change their mind or alter their way of doing things.
His opponents viewed him as stubborn, dogmatic, and inflexible.
? flexible
ADJ [disapproval]
inflexibility
Joyce was irritated by the inflexibility of her colleagues.
N-UNCOUNT: oft with poss
inflexible         
adj. inflexible in
Inflexible         
·adj Incapable of change; unalterable; immutable.
II. Inflexible ·adj Not capable of being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding.
III. Inflexible ·adj Firm in will or purpose; not to be turned, changed, or altered; resolute; determined; unyieding; inexorable; stubborn.

Wikipedia

Inflexible

Inflexible may refer to:

  • Stiffness, the rigidity of an object, the extent to which it resists deformation in response to an applied force
  • Beardmore Inflexible, a British three-engined all-metal prototype bomber aircraft of the 1920s
  • HMS Inflexible, one of several Royal Navy ships of this name
  • Inflexible-class ship of the line built for the Royal Navy in the late 16th century
  • French submarine Inflexible (S615), a French nuclear submarine
  • LMS Jubilee Class 5727 Inflexible, a steam locomotive constructed in 1936.
  • ST Inflexible, a French tugboat
Examples of use of inflexible
1. All these factors explain the inflexible position of this movement.
2. But all these result from the government‘s inflexible policies.
3. This is an inflexible policy, and it‘s short–sighted."
4. "We are not so inflexible as to discard other options.
5. Bush himself, not just inflexible Justice Department lawyers.