Definition of inflexible Inflexible
/ɪnflɛˈksʌbʌl/ - [infleksubul] - in•flex•i•ble
We found 9 definitions of inflexible from 3 different sources.
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What does inflexible mean?
WordNet
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| inflexible - resistant to being bent; "an inflexible iron bar"; "an inflexible knife blade"; | ||
| flexile, flexible bending and snapping back readily without breaking | ||
| inelastic not elastic; "economists speak of an inelastic price structure" | ||
| muscle-bound having stiff muscles as the result of excessive exercise; "he arrived accompanied by two muscle-bound body guards" | ||
| rigid, stiff incapable of or resistant to bending; "a rigid strip of metal"; "a table made of rigid plastic"; "a palace guardsman stiff as a poker"; "stiff hair"; "a stiff neck" | ||
| inflexible - incapable of change; "a man of inflexible purpose" | ||
| flexible bending and snapping back readily without breaking | ||
| adamant, intransigent, inexorable, adamantine impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason; "he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind"; "Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him"- W.Churchill; "an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency" | ||
| die-hard, rock-ribbed tradition-bound and obstinately opinionated; "an inflexible (or die-hard) conservative"; "rock-ribbed republican" | ||
| fossilised, fossilized, ossified set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs; "obsolete fossilized ways"; "an ossified bureaucratic system" | ||
| hard-core extremely explicit; "hard-core pornography" | ||
| inflexible - incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances; "a rigid disciplinarian"; "an inflexible law"; "an unbending will to dominate" | ||
| rigid, unbending | ||
| unadaptable not adaptable | ||
| inflexible - not making concessions; "took an uncompromising stance in the peace talks"; "uncompromising honesty" | ||
| uncompromising, sturdy | ||
| compromising, conciliatory, flexible making or willing to make concessions; "loneliness tore through him...whenever he thought of...even the compromising Louis du Tillet" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- inflexible (a.)
Not capable of being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding. - inflexible (a.)
Firm in will or purpose; not to be turned, changed, or altered; resolute; determined; unyieding; inexorable; stubborn. - inflexible (a.)
Incapable of change; unalterable; immutable.
