inflexible
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Johnson and other lawmakers criticized the agency at a hearing last week for being too inflexible on rare diseases and not listening to patients willing to tolerate high risks for the chance of better health.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026
He told BBC Scotland News he had concerns that it could be arbitrary, inflexible and in some cases "very difficult to establish with any great degree of certainty".
From BBC • Feb. 4, 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
The company said that the court ruling “imposes on the Post-Gazette outdated and inflexible operational practices unsuited for today’s local journalism.”
From MarketWatch • Jan. 7, 2026
On this point, however, Blanca was inflexible, forcing her daughter to observe a strict schedule and the usual rules of hygiene.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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