inflexible.

1. Rigid or resistant to physical bending.

2. Not readily changing an attitude, rule, or course in response to circumstances.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• inflexible material
• an inflexible support

On the page

The inflexible support forced them to change the angle of the panel.

An inflexible strip held the pages against the board.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more inflexible; superlative most inflexible where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.