Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Not easily bent; stiff or rigid.
- adj. Incapable of being changed; unalterable.
- adj. Unyielding in purpose, principle, or temper; immovable.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Not flexible; incapable of bending or of being bent; rigid: as, an inflexible rod.
- Unyielding in temper or purpose; that will not yield to prayers or arguments; firm in purpose; incapable of being turned; not to be prevailed on.
- Not to be changed or altered; unalterable; not permitting variation.
- Synonyms Rigid, stiff.
- Inexorable, inflexible, resolute, steadfast, unbending, unyielding, immovable, unrelenting; obstinate, stubborn, dogged.
Wiktionary
- adj. Not flexible; not capable of bending or being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding.
- adj. Not willing to change, e.g. one's opinion or habits; obstinate; stubborn; resolute; determined.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Not capable of being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding.
- adj. Firm in will or purpose; not to be turned, changed, or altered; resolute; determined; unyieding; inexorable; stubborn.
- adj. Incapable of change; unalterable; immutable.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. incapable of change
- adj. incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances
- adj. not making concessions
- adj. resistant to being bent
Etymologies
- in- + flexible (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Many European diplomats have bad memories of Mr. Samaras for what they called his inflexible, ultra-patriotic stances as foreign minister in theearly 1990s.”
The Wall Street Journal: Papandreou's Rival Throws a Lifeline—and an Anchor
“But we are likewise indeed far removed from the temper of three or four, even of one or two generations ago, in inflexible insistence that the inequality of classes shall preserve all its old ruthless consequence for individuals.”
“This brings me to the issue of organised labour in South Africa, which has been described as inflexible and a barrier to investment in some quarters.”
ADDRESS BY DEPUTY PRESIDENT ZUMA TO THE SOUTHERN AFRICA TRADE & INVESTMENT SUMMIT
“Sagasta, who, to temporize with America, recalled the inflexible”
“Pope become, even in the eyes of devout Catholics, that de Maistre called the inflexible but supine Pontiff a punchinello of no importance.”
“Union ought to be impeached, and in his "Recollections," and in one of his published letters to the present Lord Carlingford, he has expressed in the strongest terms his inflexible hostility to Home Rule.”
“The tremendous moral power of this solitary work lies in the fact that it is a series of terrific and fascinating tableaux, embodying the idea of inflexible poetic justice impartially administered upon king and varlet, pope and beggar, oppressor and victim, projected amidst the unalterable necessities of eternity, and moving athwart the lurid abyss and the azure cope with an intense distinctness that sears the gazer's eyeballs.”
The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life
“And the action, therefore, which Pliny denominated obstinacy, would, if it had been left to us to name it, have been called inflexible virtue, as arising out of a sense of the obligations imposed upon them by the Christian religion.”
“The new rules won't affect so-called inflexible expenditures, such as subsidies for local government, social insurance and debt service, which can't be altered without additional legislation.”
“And what is it that is "inflexible" about a rocket?”
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EN - academic vocabulary
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SAT Words That Mean 'Not Yielding'
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