"inflexibility" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: inflexibilities [plural]
Etymology: From French inflexibilité, from Old French inflectibilité. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|inflexibilité}} French inflexibilité, {{uder|en|fro|inflectibilité}} Old French inflectibilité Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} inflexibility (usually uncountable, plural inflexibilities)
  1. The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: inflexibleness, rigidity, obstinacy Translations (quality of being inflexible): inflexibilitat [feminine] (Catalan), inflexibilité [feminine] (French), inflexibilidade [feminine] (Galician), inflessibilità [feminine] (Italian), inflexibilidade [feminine] (Portuguese), inflexibilidad [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-inflexibility-en-noun-V-F1RGEP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for inflexibility meaning in English (2.1kB)

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