inflexible
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“Market volatility isn’t going to ruin you. It’s that, plus inflexible spending, that is the problem,” she said.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026
And yet the ultimate irony of the Geffen building is that its doctrine of a rigorously nonhierarchical museum, giving visitors absolute freedom to discover their own connections, is strenuously inflexible.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026
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
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
No matter how hard he pushed, his fingers encountered nothing but what seemed to be solid and inflexible air.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
Vocabulary lists containing inflexible
Resistance is Futile: Synonyms for "Stubborn"
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Hard Times
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