inflexible
Adjective
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Incapable of change (synset 301028212)
"a man of inflexible purpose"similar to:
- adamant, adamantine, inexorable, intransigent - impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason
- die-hard, rock-ribbed - tradition-bound and obstinately opinionated
- fossilised, fossilized, ossified - set in a rigidly conventional pattern of behavior, habits, or beliefs
- hard-core - stubbornly resistant to change or improvement
- brassbound, ironclad - inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable
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Not making concessions (synset 301029528)
"took an uncompromising stance in the peace talks"; "uncompromising honesty"same as: sturdy, uncompromising
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Resistant to being bent (synset 301026905)
"an inflexible iron bar"; "an inflexible knife blade"also: inelastic - not elasticsimilar to:
- muscle-bound - having stiff muscles as the result of excessive exercise
- rigid, stiff - incapable of or resistant to bending
- semirigid - not fully rigid
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Incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances (synset 301032766)
"a rigid disciplinarian"; "an inflexible law"; "an unbending will to dominate"similar to: unadaptable - not adaptable
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