rigid
Example Sentences
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Through invented details of clothing, Ms. Ng points out, Gainsborough could “subvert the rigid rules of British social class,” elevating sitters into gentility.
The larger the organization, the tougher it is to flatten, keeping it slow, rigid and blind.
One long standing focus has been the pathway bacteria use to construct peptidoglycan, the rigid material that forms their cell wall.
From Science Daily
Older trusts, such as A/B trusts, often contain rigid language that restricts control for surviving spouses, a limitation no longer justified by tax benefits.
From Barron's
It will also favor workers overall, they argue—the country’s rigid labor laws have forced some 40% of Argentina’s workers to operate in the informal economy, without contracts or social security.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
