inflexible

Example Sentences

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Now that “Project Hail Mary” has launched the possibility of a fruitful Hollywood career, Ortiz’s only aim is to continue letting his abilities lead the way without inflexible expectations.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

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

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

She really did not have any definite vocation, but she had earned the highest grades by means of inflexible discipline simply in order not to annoy her mother.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez