Inflexibility
[ɪn,flɛksə'bɪləti]
Definition
(noun.) the quality of being rigid and rigorously severe.
(noun.) a lack of physical flexibility.
Typist: Norton--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness; inflexibleness; rigidity; firmness of will or purpose; unbending pertinacity; steadfastness; resoluteness; unchangeableness; obstinacy.
Edited by Enrico
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Stiffness, inflexibleness.[2]. Pertinacity, doggedness, stubbornness, obstinacy.[3]. Firmness, resolution, perseverance, tenacity of purpose.
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Examples
- They persevered with a degree of inflexibility scarcely paralleled. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Our spoilt little woman, said my guardian, shall have her own way even in her inflexibility, though at the price, I know, of tears downstairs. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Editor: Noreen