All 3 Uses of
inflexible
in
Hard Times
- The emphasis was helped by the speaker's voice, which was inflexible, dry, and dictatorial.†
Chpt 1.1 *
- 'By your visiting proposition,' said Bounderby, with an inflexible jerk of the hayfield.†
Chpt 3.3
- Did he see himself, a white-haired decrepit man, bending his hitherto inflexible theories to appointed circumstances; making his facts and figures subservient to Faith, Hope, and Charity; and no longer trying to grind that Heavenly trio in his dusty little mills?†
Chpt 3.9
Definition:
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(inflexible) not bendable or adaptablein various senses, including:
- not willing to compromise or make concessions -- as when a boss says "Do it my way or you're fired."
- not able to adjust well to different conditions -- as of a schedule that cannot be changed
- not easily bent without physical damage or injury -- as of brittle steel or person with stiff joints