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inflexible

adj
/ɪnˈflɛksəbl̩/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French inflexible, from Latin īnflexibilis. See also in- + flexible.

  1. derived from īnflexibilis
  2. borrowed from inflexible

Definitions

  1. Not flexible

    Not flexible; not capable of bending or being bent.

  2. Not willing to change, e.g. one's opinion or habits.

  3. Not able to be changed or adapted to circumstances.

    • Being so inflexible, the railway was easy prey to road competition, and the arrival of unregulated lorry transport from farm fields to town centres quickly captured all locally generated business.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at inflexible. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01inflexible02changed03undergone04undergo05endure06persist07resolutely08unyielding09stubborn10stiff

A definitional loop anchored at inflexible. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at inflexible

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA