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| bureaucracy |
a system of administration characterized by excessive routine and inflexible rules. [1/2 definitions] |
| calcify |
to make or become inflexible, as an opinion. [1/2 definitions] |
| flinty |
hard and inflexible; stern; unyielding. [1/2 definitions] |
| freeze |
to make immobile or inflexible; make rigid. [1/17 definitions] |
| hard rubber |
rubber made tough and inflexible by treating it with sulfur at a high heat, used for hair combs, insulation, and the like. |
| inelastic |
not yielding or stretching; inflexible. [1/2 definitions] |
| iron |
unyielding; inflexible; rigid. [1/16 definitions] |
| ironclad |
as though covered in iron armor; unbreakable and inflexible. [1/3 definitions] |
| musclebound |
having overdeveloped muscles and being stiff and inflexible as a result. |
| ossify |
to make (patterns of thought, behavior, or the like) inflexible or rigid. [2/4 definitions] |
| rigidify |
to make or become stiff or inflexible. |
| rigidity |
the quality of being incapable of change or compromise; inflexible. [1/3 definitions] |
| rock-ribbed |
stern and inflexible. [1/2 definitions] |
| rod |
a straight, thin, usu. round and inflexible stick, shaft, or bar. [1/7 definitions] |
| stiff-necked |
having a rigid or inflexible neck. [1/2 definitions] |
| stuffed shirt |
(informal) a smug, pompous, self-satisfied, or inflexible person. |
| uncompromising |
not admitting of adjustment or change; inflexible; undeviating. [1/2 definitions] |
| unrelenting |
not yielding or giving in; inflexible; inexorable. [1/2 definitions] |
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