inflexibility.

1. An unwillingness or inability to adjust decisions, habits, or approaches when conditions change.

2. The inability of a material or object to bend or change shape readily.

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Words that belong together

• institutional inflexibility
• cognitive inflexibility

On the page

The team's inflexibility mattered more than its lack of resources.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, interpretation. Commonness: moderately common.