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comparative more inflexible, superlative most inflexible
Not flexible; not capable of bending or being bent. examples
Not willing to change, e.g. one's opinion or habits. examples
Not able to be changed or adapted to circumstances. quotations examples
Being so inflexible, the railway was easy prey to road competition, and the arrival of unregulated lorry transport from farm fields to town centres quickly captured all locally generated business.
2020 November 18, Howard Johnston, “The missing 'Lincs' and the sole survivor”, in Rail, page 58