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Main Entry:
in·flex·i·ble
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in-
flek
-s
uh
-b
uh
l
]
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ɪnˈflɛk
sə
bəl
/
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inflexible
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Example Sentences
Lazar rightly chafes at some of the more clumsy and
inflexible
programs.
Those roots have helped make the process strong but also
inflexible
.
Europe is economically
inflexible
but socially mobile.
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Lazar rightly chafes at some of the more clumsy and
inflexible
programs.
Those roots have helped make the process strong but also
inflexible
.
Europe is economically
inflexible
but socially mobile.
Both are rather
inflexible
and noisy fabrics, but soften up after some use.
They move too slowly, forget things and are
inflexible
.
Throughout the day, there are three trains per hour, making rail travel even more appealing for those with
inflexible
schedules.
For a sport governed by literal rules and
inflexible
numbers, golf is influenced by an inordinate amount of whimsy.
Second, the payout is far more immediate and
inflexible
.
The problems mostly stemmed from
inflexible
policies, primarily on the exchange rate.
But they're ordinarily made of hard,
inflexible
materials, which are also usually toxic.
Nuralagus was a relatively
inflexible
and bulky animal.
With this new policy, the administration is rejecting
inflexible
deportation policies that solve nothing.
If they are
inflexible
on the range, they definitely should show it.
Europe's economies, it is argued, remain shackled by
inflexible
labour and product markets.
The reliability of individual biological processes makes them, by definition,
inflexible
.
As gatekeeper of the tribal mind, he can be imperious and
inflexible
.
State and local officials criticized it as too expensive and
inflexible
.
Once a woman has chosen a career, whether traditional or not,
inflexible
workplace policies can exacerbate gender inequalities.
For its notoriously
inflexible
labour-market policies, it ranked among the lowest.
Neither is it draconian or a product of
inflexible
thinking.
Between him and us the issue is distinct, simple, and
inflexible
.
She strikes me as the
inflexible
type of person you do not want around in a crisis.
Our graduates might be pre-eminently well-suited to today's job market, but they are obviously
inflexible
.
They can be power hungry, tend to produce washed-out images in bright sunlight and are often thick and
inflexible
.
The firm negotiates forcefully with the country's notoriously
inflexible
labour unions.
In eseense, with an
inflexible
money supply, the real conomy had to adjust to meet shocks.
The shortest-term money-management instruments available today are
inflexible
.
How
inflexible
and how few tools will the dollar sone have when the eyes turn on them.
The problem is that hours are completely
inflexible
and that greater than minimal overtime is prohibited.
Researchers have found a clear correlation between
inflexible
bodies and
inflexible
arteries in subjects older than.
Others blamed regional accreditors for being too
inflexible
about, for example, standard models of credit hours.
It is sad to us but understandable-perhaps even inevitable-in terms of the
inflexible
rules of gorilla familial.
Tyler, criticized the university's rules of conduct as
inflexible
and urged the students to appeal.
But research has discredited
inflexible
workfare programs.
It seemed too
inflexible
to be compatible with grad school.
The highly
inflexible
nature of existing sanitation systems, burdened with over a century of capital.
Unusually bad weather and
inflexible
schedules forced operations managers to make tough calls.
Pushing a specific research project in your letter of intent can make you look
inflexible
.
And
inflexible
rules governing the types of establishments where cash can be paid in and taken out ought to be relaxed.
Summers did not help with his
inflexible
tempos and the amount of thoughtless orchestral loudness he.
But above all, she is an
inflexible
patriot who projects idealism as grossly and fervently as she purveys her charms.
Now that she's appearing in her own, made-to-order productions, the talent appears to have shrunk and become
inflexible
.
The problem lies within
inflexible
structures protected by a well-off elite.
The royal rules for dispensing with blood relatives were as
inflexible
as those of geometry.
Again this points to the unrealist and
inflexible
demands of such unions.
Romley's critics call him self-righteous,
inflexible
and a tough and unforgiving boss.
He is, however, intelligent enough to question the party's foolishly
inflexible
control over every facet of the students.
He thought wages were
inflexible
meaning they could not go down and there was a surplus of general labour.
But the struggle that led to the leaders' deaths indicates that only a small minority in the faction took that
inflexible
line.
China, meanwhile, is struggling to manage an overheated economy within an
inflexible
political system.
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