# inflexible
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɪnˈflɛksəbl̩/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Adjective

inflexible (comparative more inflexible, superlative most inflexible)
* Not flexible; not capable of bending or being bent.
    Synonyms: stiff, rigid, firm, unyielding
* Not willing to change, e.g. one's opinion or habits.
* Not able to be changed or adapted to circumstances.
** 2020 November 18, Howard Johnston, “The missing 'Lincs' and the sole survivor”, in Rail, page 58: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.

#### Synonyms

* See also Thesaurus:obstinate
* unflexible

#### Antonyms

* flexible

#### Related terms

* inflexibility
* inflexibleness
* inflexibly

#### Translations
### References

* “inflexible”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* “inflexible”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

## Asturian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnflexibilis.

### Adjective

inflexible (epicene, plural inflexibles)
* inflexible

#### Antonyms

* flexible

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnflexibilis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [iɱ.fləkˈsib.blə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [iɱ.flekˈsi.ble]

### Adjective

inflexible m or f (masculine and feminine plural inflexibles)
* inflexible
    Antonym: flexible

#### Derived terms

* inflexiblement

#### Related terms

* inflexibilitat

### Further reading

* “inflexible” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “inflexible”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “inflexible” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “inflexible” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## French
### Etymology

From in- +‎ flexible.

### Adjective

inflexible (plural inflexibles)
* inflexible

#### Derived terms

* inflexiblement

#### Related terms

* inflexibilité

### Further reading

* “inflexible”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* inflexível (reintegrationist)
* inflexíbel

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin īnflexibilis.

### Pronunciation

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### Adjective

inflexible m or f (plural inflexibles)
* inflexible
    Antonyms: flexible, flexíbel

#### Derived terms

* inflexiblemente

#### Related terms

* inflexibilidade

### Further reading

* “inflexible”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnflexibilis.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /infleɡˈsible/ [ĩɱ.fleɣ̞ˈsi.β̞le]
* Rhymes: -ible
* Syllabification: in‧fle‧xi‧ble

### Adjective

inflexible m or f (masculine and feminine plural inflexibles)
* inflexible
    Antonym: flexible

#### Derived terms

* inflexiblemente

#### Related terms

* inflexibilidad

### Further reading

* “inflexible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10