See inflexible in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "gùzhí, gùzhi",
"sense": "obstinate, stubborn",
"word": "固执"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "obstinate, stubborn",
"word": "inflexible"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "obstinate, stubborn",
"word": "inflexíbel"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "obstinate, stubborn",
"word": "unbeugsam"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "obstinate, stubborn",
"word": "ósveigjanlegur"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "obstinate, stubborn",
"word": "nieugięty"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "obstinate, stubborn",
"word": "inflexível"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "obstinate, stubborn",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "rigid"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "negíbkij",
"sense": "obstinate, stubborn",
"word": "неги́бкий"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "nepreklónnyj",
"sense": "obstinate, stubborn",
"word": "непрекло́нный"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "obstinate, stubborn",
"word": "rag"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "obstinate, stubborn",
"word": "inflexible"
}
],
"word": "inflexible"
}
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