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noun
The quality or state of being inflexible
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: inflexibility, rigidity, firmness
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Obstinacy of will or temper; firmness of purpose that will not yield to importunity or persuasion; unbending pertinacity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a lack of physical flexibility
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: inflexibility
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: rigidity, rigidness
History
Etymology tree English inflexible Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English inflexibleness From inflexible + -ness.
