inflexible
Example Sentences
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His daughter switched schools two years ago, and one of the main reasons was her school's inflexible uniform policy, he says.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026
But 75 percent of electricity is still generated by coal-fired power plants, with inflexible operations and long-term coal power purchase agreements hampering renewable uptake.
From Barron's • Jan. 25, 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The company said that the court ruling “imposes on the Post-Gazette outdated and inflexible operational practices unsuited for today’s local journalism.”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
Even though his inflexible new boots had chewed his feet into hamburger, Beck kept hobbling upward, day in and day out, scarcely mentioning what must have been horrific pain.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
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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