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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)adj Merriam Webster'sadjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin inflexibilis, from in- + flexibilis flexible Date: 14th century Oxford Reference Dictionaryadj. 1 unbendable. 2 stiff; immovable; obstinate (old and inflexible in his attitudes). 3 unchangeable; inexorable. Derivatives: inflexibility n. inflexibly adv. Etymology: L inflexibilis (as IN-(1), FLEXIBLE) Webster's 1913 DictionaryInflexible In*flex"i*ble, a. [L. inflexiblis: cf. F. inflexible. See In- not, and Flexible.] 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. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary1. 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. 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 Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms
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