The rule is utterly inflexible.
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Inflexible
/ɪnˈflɛksəbl̩/
Synonyms for "inflexible" (281 found)
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Closest matches (57)
Adjective(16 words)
Verb(5 words)
Noun(6 words)
Strong matches (84)
Noun(10 words)
hardlinehewinginstitutionalizing standardsintransigentsironsidemonolithic processingmore fixedmore methodicalmore rigidmore uncooperative
headstronghideboundimmobileimmotileimmotiveimmovableimmutableimpersuadableimpersuasibleimperviousimplacableimpliableinalterableincorrigibleindefeasibleindomitableinductileinelasticineluctableinescapable
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inevasibleinevitableinexorableinextensibleinextensileinextensionalintolerantintractableintractileintransigentinvariableinvincibleironironboundironcladironhandedirreconcilableirremovableirresilientirresistibleirrevocableloyalmercilessmonolithicmulishmuscle boundmuscle-boundnarrownecessarynonelasticnonstretchableobdurateobstinateopinionatedorthodox
Adjective(16 words)
heavy administrationhostile climateimpermeableinelasticinelastic collisioninertialintolerantintransigentjoint stiffnessmonolithicnonabsorbentnondynamicnonelasticnonnegotiablenonshapable materialopinionated
Determiner(1 words)
no more excuses
Related words (140)
Noun(11 words)
patpersistentperversepigheadedpreciseprocrusteanpuristpuristicpuritanpuritanicpuritanicalrecalcitrantrefractoryrelentlessresistlessresoluteresolvedrigidrigoristrigoristic
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rigorousrock-ribbedrockboundsetsettledseveresingle-mindedsotstandpatstationarystaunchsteadfaststeadysteelysternstiffstonystraightlacedstraitlacedstrictstubbornsuresure as deathsure as fatetenacioustighttoughtrueunaccommodatingunadaptableunaffectedunalterableunamenableunavoidableunbendingunchangeableunchanginguncompliantuncompromisingunconquerableuncontrollableundeflectableunextendibleunextensibleunflappableunflexibleungivingunimpressionableuninfluenceableunkindunlimberunmalleableunmodifiableunmovableunmovedunmovingunpersuadableunpliableunpliantunpreventableunreceptiveunrelentingunresponsiveunshakableunshakeableunshakenunstoppableunsuggestibleunsusceptibleunswayableunswervinguntractableunvariedunvaryingunyielding
Adjective(32 words)
policy-unchangingrestricted frameworkrigid actionrigid frameworkrigid materialrigid protocolrigid stancerigid standardsrigid structurerigid systemrigid tasksrigid templatescleroticstatic choicestatic viewsstiffstiff actionstifferstiffeststony silence
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strict burial-action protocolstrict discipline environmentstubborneststurdyunadjustableunadjustable knobunchanging standarduncompromisingunmercifulunpliable materialunyieldingzero tolerance policy
Verb(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related word relations
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More general
6 entriesbehavioral traitcharacteristicmechanical propertyoperational propertyphysical propertypolicy characteristic
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8 entriesCollocations
5 entriesinflexible approachinflexible policyinflexible scheduleinflexible stanceinflexible terms
Inflections
2 entriesmore inflexiblemost inflexible
Derivations
2 entriesAntonyms
1 entriessimilar
23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
We're inflexible.
Source: tatoeba (2203005)
You're inflexible.
Source: tatoeba (2203006)
Tom is inflexible.
Source: tatoeba (2203007)
Showing 4 of 11 available sentences.