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

Some union leaders were also contesting museum director Laurence des Cars' management style which they view as remote and inflexible.

From Barron's • Jan. 19, 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

The company said that the court ruling “imposes on the Post-Gazette outdated and inflexible operational practices unsuited for today’s local journalism.”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

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