inflexible
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He told BBC Scotland News he had concerns that it could be arbitrary, inflexible and in some cases "very difficult to establish with any great degree of certainty".
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026
The company said that the court ruling “imposes on the Post-Gazette outdated and inflexible operational practices unsuited for today’s local journalism.”
From MarketWatch • Jan. 7, 2026
Barron’s previously highlighted the strict tax rules and inflexible investment options, to name a few.
From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025
Other kids might have defied the closures and gone anyway, but Anthony followed rules with inflexible intensity, Neal said, especially the ones he set for himself.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025
A man so despised, so foul tempered, so robotically inflexible that on the last Let’s see what kind.”
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
Vocabulary lists containing inflexible
Resistance is Futile: Synonyms for "Stubborn"
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"Just Lather, That's All" and "The Woman Who Was Death"
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Hard Times
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