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inflexible

/ɪnˈflɛksəbl̩/

inflexible adjective: not flexible; not capable of bending or being bent.

Adjective

inflexible (comparative more inflexible, superlative most inflexible)

  1. Not flexible; not capable of bending or being bent.
    Synonyms:
    stiff, rigid, firm, unyielding
  2. Not willing to change, e.g. one's opinion or habits.
  3. Not able to be changed or adapted to circumstances.
    • Being so inflexible, the railway was easy prey to road competition, and the arrival of unregulated lorry transport from farm fields to town centres quickly captured all locally generated business.2020 November 18, Howard Johnston, “The missing 'Lincs' and the sole survivor”, in Rail, page 58

inflexible meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam and Pashto

inflexible in Hindi

stiff, rigid
कड़ा kaṛā, कठोर kaṭhor
obstinate, stubborn
हठी haṭhī

inflexible in Urdu

inflexible
کڑا kaṛā

inflexible in Malayalam

വളയാത്ത, മനസ്സുമാറാത്ത, സ്വാധീനിക്കാൻ കഴിയാത്ത, വഴങ്ങാത്ത

inflexible in Pashto

inflexible; unyielding
کلک klak

Synonyms of inflexible

Antonyms

All synonyms and antonyms of inflexible

Forms of inflexible

comparativemore inflexible
superlativemost inflexible

Origin of inflexible

Borrowed from Middle French inflexible, from Latin īnflexibilis. See also in- + flexible.

Questions about inflexible

What does inflexible mean?
Inflexible means not flexible; not capable of bending or being bent.
What is inflexible in Hindi?
Inflexible in Hindi is कड़ा (kaṛā), कठोर (kaṭhor), हठी (haṭhī). See Inflexible meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is inflexible?
Inflexible is an adjective.
How do you pronounce inflexible?
Inflexible is pronounced /ɪnˈflɛksəbl̩/.

Words near inflexible in the dictionary

  1. inflexed
  2. inflexedly
  3. inflexes
  4. inflexibilities
  5. inflexibility
  6. inflexible
  7. inflexibleness
  8. inflexibly
  9. inflexing
  10. inflexion
  11. inflexional

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Adapted from Wiktionary: inflexible (page history and authors); کڑا (Urdu) (page history and authors); inflexible (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); کلک (Pashto) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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