inflexible
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It said after consistently losing money, NCP could no longer afford to pay its creditors and was unable to scrap "long-term, inflexible" leases on loss-making sites.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026
If Anthropic was too inflexible, the Pentagon could have simply terminated the contract.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
But 75 percent of electricity is still generated by coal-fired power plants, with inflexible operations and long-term coal power purchase agreements hampering renewable uptake.
From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026
Kyle Boddy, the founder of Driveline, the seminal program for velocity training, said a hard-throwing pitcher is not going to manage his velocity on an inflexible pitch count.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2026
I found that I worked better and thought more clearly when I was in good physical condition, and so training became one of the inflexible disciplines of my life.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Vocabulary lists containing inflexible
Resistance is Futile: Synonyms for "Stubborn"
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Hard Times
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