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Thesaurus: inflexible

Not capable of being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding.

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  1. a. Not capable of being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding.
  2. a. Firm in will or purpose; not to be turned, changed, or altered; resolute; determined; unyieding; inexorable; stubborn.
  3. a. Incapable of change; unalterable; immutable.
  4. adj. incapable of change
  5. adj. not making concessions
  6. adj. resistant to being bent
  7. adj. incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances
  8. 1. Not capable of being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding. 2. Firm in will or purpose; not to be turned, changed, or altered; resolute; determined; unyieding; inexorable; stubborn. "Inflexibleas steel." Miltom. Amanof upright and inflexibletemper . . . can overcome all private fear. Addison. 3. Incapable of change; unalterable; immutable. The nature of things is inflexible. I. Watts. Syn. -- -- Unbending; unyielding; rigid; inexorable; pertinacious; obstinate; stubborn; unrelenting.
  9. j:100 a. incapable of change a. resistant to being bent; s. incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances