What does inflexible mean?
Inflexible means Not flexible; not capable of bending or being bent..
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/ɪnˈflɛksəbl̩/ · adjective
Not flexible; not capable of bending or being bent..
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.
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Inflexible means Not flexible; not capable of bending or being bent..
Common synonyms include unflexible, stiff, rigid, firm.
Possible antonyms include flexible, conciliatory, compromising, flexile.
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.
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