inflexible
adjective
[ ɪnˈflɛksɪb(ə)l ]
• unwilling to change or compromise.
• "once she had made up her mind, she was inflexible"
Similar:
stubborn,
obstinate,
obdurate,
intractable,
intransigent,
unbending,
immovable,
inexorable,
unadaptable,
unaccommodating,
hidebound,
set in one's ways,
blinkered,
single-minded,
pig-headed,
mulish,
uncompromising,
dogged,
adamant,
firm,
resolute,
diehard,
steely,
iron-willed,
dyed-in-the-wool,
refractory,
• not able to be bent; stiff.
• "heavy inflexible armour"
Similar:
rigid,
stiff,
non-flexible,
unyielding,
unbending,
unbendable,
taut,
hard,
firm,
inelastic,
impliable,
unmalleable,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin inflexibilis, from in- ‘not’ + flexibilis ‘flexible’.
