inflexibleadjective
uk/ɪnˈflek.sə.bəl/us/ɪnˈflek.sə.bəl/usually disapproving(especially of opinions and rules) fixed and unable or unwilling to change:
The prime minister has adopted an inflexible position on immigration.
This type of computer is too slow and inflexible to meet many business needs.
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Strong-willed
- a firm hand idiom
- adamant
- adamantine
- aggressive
- an iron hand/fist in a velvet glove idiom
- fury
- go-getter
- going
- gutsy
- hard-boiled
- importunate
- pigheaded
- purposeful
- pushy
- ravening
- recalcitrant
- redoubtable
- will not take no for an answer idiom
- willful
- with guns blazing idiom
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inflexibility
noun [ U ] uk/ɪnˌflek.sɪˈbɪl.ə.ti/us/ɪnˌflek.səˈbɪl.ə.t̬i/