inflexible
Example Sentences
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“With the City Council, he’s way too inflexible,” Simpson said.
Other kids might have defied the closures and gone anyway, but Anthony followed rules with inflexible intensity, Neal said, especially the ones he set for himself.
From Los Angeles Times
He’d spent time with Nixon and found him abrasive and inflexible.
From Literature
None of the figures Mr. Hardman discusses, including Maximilien Robespierre, the provincial lawyer known for his inflexible character and unity of purpose, could break the pattern.
To Maxim Samson, a geographer, desire paths are small acts of disobedience, “a sign of defiance against inflexible design.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
