inflexible
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And yet the ultimate irony of the Geffen building is that its doctrine of a rigorously nonhierarchical museum, giving visitors absolute freedom to discover their own connections, is strenuously inflexible.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
PwC said NCP had a "high concentration" of inflexible leases that prevented it from reducing costs or scrapping unprofitable car parks.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
Some union leaders were also contesting museum director Laurence des Cars' management style which they view as remote and inflexible.
From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026
Kyle Boddy, the founder of Driveline, the seminal program for velocity training, said a hard-throwing pitcher is not going to manage his velocity on an inflexible pitch count.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2026
My fingers felt numb and inflexible, frozen around the shard as though my skin was just a glove for the dybbuk.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
Vocabulary lists containing inflexible
Resistance is Futile: Synonyms for "Stubborn"
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"Just Lather, That's All" and "The Woman Who Was Death"
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Hard Times
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