Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being inflexible; incapability of being bent; unyielding stiffness; obstinacy of will or temper; firmness of purpose.
- noun Synonyms Tenacity, resolution, perseverance; doggedness, stubbornness, obstinacy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness; inflexibleness; rigidity; firmness of will or purpose; unbending pertinacity; steadfastness; resoluteness; unchangeableness; obstinacy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality or state of being
inflexible , or not capable of beingbent orchanged ;unyielding stiffness ;inflexibleness ;rigidity ;obstinacy .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a lack of physical flexibility
- noun the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe
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Examples
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The association would also continue to challenge what it termed the inflexibility of the provision that a maximum of 25 percent of a public place may be demarcated as a smoking area.
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Cognitive inflexibility is a signature trait of the conservative mind.
Think Progress » GOP Sen. Dick Lugar rebukes Cheney criticism of Obama as ‘unfair.’ 2010
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But the opposite of inflexibility is wishy-washy, right?
Executive Suite: Knowledge of failure helps lead to success 2009
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And this kind of ideological inflexibility is the best way for a party to squander a very favorable electoral landscape.
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This sort of intellectual inflexibility is hardly unique to libertarians.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Double Standard of Libertarian Paternalism 2010
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Cognitive inflexibility is the hallmark of conservative swine and Doc Hunt is the standard.
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She might start with a review of the Stafford Act, which in its inflexibility is damming up $2 billion in FEMA grants to local governments.
Archive 2007-01-01 2007
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Inflexible physical laws are necessary; their very inflexibility is divine order; but 'what law cannot do, in that it is weak through the flesh, God did by sending his Son in the likeness of sinful flesh.'
Oldtown Folks 1869
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I can certainly live with that short term inflexibility for the better rate.
Guardian Online 2010
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Their short term inflexibility continues to erode our schools, road, water systems, etc.
California budget: Senate vote ends California budget impasse - latimes.com 2010
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