Antonyms for inflexible
ɪnˈflɛk sə bəlin·flex·i·ble

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1. inflexibleadjective

   Antonyms:
   flexible

   Synonyms:
   unflexible

2. inflexibleadjective

   Not flexible; not capable of bending or being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding.

   Antonyms:
   flexible

   Synonyms:
   unflexible

3. inflexibleadjective

   Not willing to change, e.g. one's opinion or habits; obstinate; stubborn; resolute; determined.

   Synonyms:
   unflexible

   Antonyms:
   flexible

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1. inflexible

   The headstrong person is not to be stopped in his own course of action, while the obstinate and stubborn is not to be driven to another's way. The headstrong act; the obstinate and stubborn may simply refuse to stir. The most amiable person may be obstinate on some one point; the stubborn person is for the most part habitually so; we speak of obstinate determination, stubborn resistance. Stubborn is the term most frequently applied to the lower animals and inanimate things. Refractory implies more activity of resistance; the stubborn horse balks; the refractory animal plunges, rears, and kicks; metals that resist ordinary processes of reduction are termed refractory. One is obdurate who adheres to his purpose in spite of appeals that would move any tender-hearted or right-minded person. Contumacious refers to a proud and insolent defiance of authority, as of the summons of a court. Pertinacious demand is contrasted with obstinate refusal. The unyielding conduct which we approve we call decided, firm, inflexible, resolute; that which we condemn we are apt to term headstrong, obstinate, stubborn. Compare PERVERSE.

   Antonyms:
   amenable, complaisant, compliant, docile, dutiful, gentle, irresolute, obedient, pliable, pliant, submissive, teachable, tractable, undecided, wavering, yielding

   Synonyms:
   contumacious, decided, determined, dogged, firm, fixed, headstrong, heady, immovable, indomitable, intractable, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, persistent, pertinacious, refractory, resolute, resolved, stubborn, unconquerable, unflinching, unyielding

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1. inflexibleadjective

   incapable of change

   "a man of inflexible purpose"

   Antonyms:
   adaptable, flexible, limber, pliant, supple, stretched, bendable, spinnable, flexile, pliable, negotiable, double-jointed, spinnbar, waxy, on the table

   Synonyms:
   unbending, rigid, uncompromising, sturdy

2. uncompromising, sturdy, inflexibleadjective

   not making concessions

   "took an uncompromising stance in the peace talks"; "uncompromising honesty"

   Antonyms:
   pliable, double-jointed, flexile, stretched, flexible, spinnbar, on the table, supple, limber, adaptable, waxy, bendable, spinnable, pliant, negotiable

   Synonyms:
   stout, hardy, unbending, sturdy, stalwart, tough, uncompromising, rigid

3. inflexibleadjective

   resistant to being bent

   "an inflexible iron bar"; "an inflexible knife blade";

   Antonyms:
   flexible, limber, stretched, pliant, supple, adaptable, double-jointed, spinnbar, spinnable, pliable, waxy, flexile, on the table, bendable, negotiable

   Synonyms:
   unbending, rigid, uncompromising, sturdy

4. inflexible, rigid, unbendingadjective

   incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances

   "a rigid disciplinarian"; "an inflexible law"; "an unbending will to dominate"

   Antonyms:
   waxy, negotiable, adaptable, on the table, spinnable, flexile, limber, stretched, supple, pliant, flexible, pliable, spinnbar, bendable, double-jointed

   Synonyms:
   stiff, strict, unbending, set, sturdy, uncompromising, fixed, rigid

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1. inflexibleadjective

   Synonyms:
   unyielding, rigid, impliable, immovable, resolute, steadfast

How to use inflexible in a sentence?

1. Kate Forbes:

   These inflexible rules are a blunt instrument.

2. Tony Marnell:

   This inflexible requirement has been a fundamental barrier to financing high-speed rail in our country, is our leadership going to force projects throughout the United States to seek financial support for infrastructure in our country from foreign governments?

3. Tony Marnell:

   This inflexible requirement has been a fundamental barrier to financing high-speed rail in our country, is our leadership going to force projects throughout United States to seek financial support for infrastructure in our country from foreign governments ?

4. Oliver L. North:

   There is no moral middle ground. Indifference is not an option. ... For the sake of our children, I implore each of you to be unyielding and inflexible in your opposition to drugs.

5. Labor Minister Panos Skourletis:

   They are asking us to not touch anything (of the austerity measures) that have ruined Greek people's lives in the last five years, the IMF is the most inflexible side ... the most extreme voices of the Brussels Group.

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