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In almost every marriage there is a selfish and an unselfish partner. A pattern is set up and soon becomes inflexible, of one person always making the demands and one person always giving way.
Iris Murdoch

Meaning of "inflexible" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD INFLEXIBLE

From Latin inflexībilis.
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PRONUNCIATION OF INFLEXIBLE

inflexible  [ɪnˈflɛksəbəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INFLEXIBLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Inflexible is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES INFLEXIBLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of inflexible in the English dictionary

The first definition of inflexible in the dictionary is not flexible; rigid; stiff. Other definition of inflexible is obstinate; unyielding. Inflexible is also without variation; unalterable; fixed.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INFLEXIBLE


accessible
əkˈsɛsəbəl
extensible
ɪkˈstɛnsəbəl
impossible
ɪmˈpɒsəbəl
indexable
ˈɪndɛksəbəl
indispensable
ˌɪndɪˈspɛnsəbəl
invincible
ɪnˈvɪnsəbəl
mixable
ˈmɪksəbəl
mixible
ˈmɪksəbəl
nontaxable
nɒnˈtæksəbəl
noticeable
ˈnəʊtɪsəbəl
relaxable
rɪˈlæksəbəl
releasable
rɪˈliːsəbəl
responsible
rɪˈspɒnsəbəl
reversible
rɪˈvɜːsəbəl
submersible
səbˈmɜːsəbəl
taxable
ˈtæksəbəl
taxables
ˈtæksəbəl
unmixable
ʌnˈmɪksəbəl
untaxable
ʌnˈtæksəbəl
waxable
ˈwæksəbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INFLEXIBLE

inflect
inflectable
inflected
inflectedness
inflection
inflectional
inflectionally
inflectionless
inflective
inflector
inflexed
inflexibility
inflexibleness
inflexibly
inflexion
inflexional
inflexionally
inflexionless
inflict
inflictable

WORDS THAT END LIKE INFLEXIBLE

audible
Bible
collectible
combustible
compatible
convertible
eligible
flexible
heteroflexible
horrible
incredible
invisible
possible
reflexible
semi-flexible
sensible
susceptible
terrible
the Bible
visible

Synonyms and antonyms of inflexible in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INFLEXIBLE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «inflexible» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of inflexible

Translation of «inflexible» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INFLEXIBLE

Find out the translation of inflexible to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of inflexible from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «inflexible» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不灵活的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

inflexible
570 millions of speakers

English

inflexible
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अनम्य
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غَيْرُ مَرِنٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

жесткий
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

inflexível
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনমনীয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

inflexible
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak fleksibel
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

inflexibel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

頑固な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

구부러지지 않는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Inflexible
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không mềm dẻo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நெகிழ்வற்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ताठर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

eğilmez
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

inflessibile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieelastyczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

негнучкий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

inflexibil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άκαμπτος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onbuigsaam
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

orubblig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ufleksibel
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of inflexible

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INFLEXIBLE»

The term «inflexible» is quite widely used and occupies the 43.610 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INFLEXIBLE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «inflexible» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «inflexible» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about inflexible

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10 QUOTES WITH «INFLEXIBLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word inflexible.
1
Julian Baggini
I maintain the importance of an absolute prohibition against torture, while acknowledging that even absolute prohibitions can sometimes be broken. If that is a contradiction, it is a contradiction that ethics has to embrace, or else it becomes like glass: hard, clear, but fatally inflexible.
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James Beattie
Inflexible in faith, invincible in arms.
3
Angela Carter
Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most incurable and inflexible of passions.
4
Marguerite Gardiner
The chief prerequisite for a escort is to have a flexible conscience and an inflexible politeness.
5
John Paul Jones
It seems to be a law of nature, inflexible and inexorable, that those who will not risk cannot win.
6
Iris Murdoch
In almost every marriage there is a selfish and an unselfish partner. A pattern is set up and soon becomes inflexible, of one person always making the demands and one person always giving way.
7
Oscar Niemeyer
Right angles don't attract me. Nor straight, hard and inflexible lines created by man.
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Maximilien Robespierre
Terror is only justice: prompt, severe and inflexible; it is then an emanation of virtue; it is less a distinct principle than a natural consequence of the general principle of democracy, applied to the most pressing wants of the country.
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Ken Robinson
Very often, organizations are inflexible because there is too little communication between functions; they are too segregated.
10
Jose Serrano
We must do everything in our power to keep families together, and to use common sense in our immigration laws. Children deserve better than to lose a parent because of an inflexible law.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INFLEXIBLE»

Discover the use of inflexible in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to inflexible and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hms Inflexible
1945. The naval war in the Pacific is raging when Captain Thurston VC resists an office job to take command of HMS Inflexible, a proud and powerful aircraft carrier.
A E Langsford, 2011
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Keraban the Inflexible: Adventures in the Euxine
There is a fundamental mistake in dividing Verne's works into science fiction vs. non-science fiction -- in Verne's work there is an all-encompassing vision of science, progress, society and political struggles, which it is not convenient ...
JULIO VERNE, 2002
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Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
3. A cotton picker including in combination a movable support, a plurality of flexible suction conveyer pipes, a picker nozzle connected at the outer end of each pipe, an inflexible suction conveyer pipe for each flexible pipe, means for ...
‎1915
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The Inflexible Captive: A Tragedy. by Miss Hannah More. the ...
In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind.
Hannah More, 2010
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The Explosive Child: A New Approach for Understanding and ...
They can′t figure out why their child acts the way he or she does; they wonder why the strategies that work for other kids don′t work for theirs; and they don′t know what to do instead.
Ross W. Greene, PhD, 2009
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Hms Inflexible
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Inflexible was a Victorian ironclad battleship carrying her main armament in centrally placed turrets.
Jesse Russell, Ronald Cohn, 2012
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Utilitarianism: Restorations; Repairs; Renovations : ...
The case for the rule and for the rule's being inflexible stands or falls not on these effects alone, but on the aggregate harm of actions that may be taken quite independently. What the agent discovers, if he discovers that the argument for the  ...
David Braybrooke, 2004
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Baptist Magazine and Literary Review
But they must succeed; despite Van Huron's oracular and presidential opposition, they must succeed. I hold in my hand his inaugural address, in which I find he avows himself " the inflexible and uncompromising opponent of the abolitionists.
‎1837
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Birth of the Battleship: British Capital Ship Design 1870-1881
The. Inflexible. and. Mr. Reed. From Inflexible to Colossus. BARNABY EVINCED pride in his department's handiwork when speaking to the Institute of Naval Architects the following year. 'Imagine,' he asked his audience, 'a floating castle 110 ...
John Beeler, 2001
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Naval Warfare, 1815-1914
Historians disagree over whether Nathaniel Barnaby, Reed's successor as chief constructor, designed the Inflexible in "response" to the Dnilio or developed the same design concepts concurrently with Benedetto Brin. The Inflexible, at 1 1,880  ...
Lawrence Sondhaus, 2001

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INFLEXIBLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term inflexible is used in the context of the following news items.
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What's Blocking Consensus on Health Care - Washington Wire - WSJ
The administration has also been inflexible about some approaches to state Medicaid expansion. Utah proposed adding job search ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
2
Prosecutors Rally Against Sentencing Reform, Say Build More Prisons
The president and a bipartisan alliance in Congress say inflexible penalties for various drug crimes should be reduced or eliminated as a ... «U.S. News & World Report, Jul 15»
3
Reforming prison sentencing can cut crime: Other View
The crack trade that drove the violence is largely gone, yet the same inflexible federal sentencing regime remains largely intact. Certainly ... «Wausau Daily Herald, Jul 15»
4
The new Integrity Regime in Canada – revised debarment rules still …
At the time, the updated Integrity Regime was seen by many as inflexible and unduly harsh. In particular, a number of respected commercial ... «Lexology, Jul 15»
5
Webinar: 7/29: Advanced Sourcing Strategy for Raw Materials
When you get into sourcing for specific categories, the category of raw materials doesn't get the attention it deserves. Inflexible pricing, complex ... «Spend Matters, Jul 15»
6
Scott Walker is 'unbending' only if you ask Democrats - The …
If you don't buy into it or, God forbid, push back as Mr. Walker did, you are inflexible. Also lost in the article was that Mr. Walker bailed out ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
7
Europe Has More to Worry About Than Greece | Michael Martins
One of the main problems in Portugal, Italy, and Spain face is rigid, inflexible and 'dualised' labour markets, where those who have work are ... «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
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Holiday-makers get hot and cold on the ski slopes of Japan's …
... the Kikyo-ya sushi in Hakubo-cho, which is wonderful, the Korean BBQ Murakame in Echoland (not so good for small inflexible kids), and, ... «Courier Mail, Jul 15»
9
Hybrid cloud issues are cultural first, technical second – Ovum …
... to fund a central organisation that is deemed too slow or inflexible to respond to customer needs. So as a result, the central pot doesn't grow.”. «Business Cloud News, Jul 15»
10
Don't kick Hamilton off $10 bill - The News Journal
A cockamamie inflexible schedule in the Treasury Department says the next bill to be updated by 2020 must be that 10. It's not as if people are ... «The News Journal, Jul 15»

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