transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnfleksɪb(ə)l ]
1.
Something that is inflexible cannot be altered in any way, even if the situation changes.
Workers insisted the new system was too inflexible...
= rigid
≠ flexible
ADJ
• in‧flex‧ibil‧ity
The snag about an endowment mortgage is its inflexibility.
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2.
If you say that someone is inflexible , you are criticizing them because they refuse to change their mind or alter their way of doing things.
His opponents viewed him as stubborn, dogmatic, and inflexible.
≠ flexible
ADJ [ disapproval ]
• in‧flex‧ibil‧ity
Joyce was irritated by the inflexibility of her colleagues.
N-UNCOUNT : oft with poss