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Definition
not bendable or adaptable
in 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
- Cunegonde flung herself at his feet, and bathed them with her tears; still he was inflexible.Chapter 29 (80% in)
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