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rigid adjective [ ˈrɪdʒɪd ]

• unable to bend or be forced out of shape; not flexible.
• "a seat of rigid orange plastic"
Similar: stiff, hard, firm, inflexible, non-flexible, unbending, unyielding, inelastic, taut, tight, impliable, unmalleable,
Opposite: flexible, plastic,
• not able to be changed or adapted.
• "rigid bureaucratic controls"
Similar: fixed, set, firm, inflexible, unalterable, unchangeable, immutable, unvarying, invariable, hard and fast, cast-iron,
Opposite: flexible,

rigid noun

• a lorry which is not articulated.
Origin: late Middle English: from Latin rigidus, from rigere ‘be stiff’.


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