inflexibility

🇺🇸 /ɪnˌfleksəˈbɪləti/ 🇬🇧 /ɪnˌfleksəˈbɪləti/
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noun
R

the inability to change or adapt

The company's inflexibility in their work hours made it difficult for employees with families.

R

a stubborn refusal to change one's mind or way of doing things

His inflexibility in negotiations led to the deal falling through.

R

the property of being hard to bend or shape

The inflexibility of the metal made it difficult to shape.

translation

n. the inability to change or adapt; a stubborn refusal to change one's mind or way of doing things; the property of being hard to bend or shape

Word Forms

Plural inflexibilities