inflexibility

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Recent Examples of inflexibility However, the reality is that the inherent inflexibility of immutability is essential to ensuring business resiliency and provides the invaluable peace of mind that comes with knowing data will always be there, ready to be recovered, no matter what. David Bennett, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025 Structural inflexibility is forcing unnecessary trade-offs. Katica Roy, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inflexibility
Noun
  • Quick hits Tigers reliever Kyle Finnegan suffered right groin tightness while warming up during Wednesday's game, and the severity of the injury is unclear.
    Christian Romo, Freep.com, 4 Sep. 2025
  • While the time can vary based on many circumstances such as the type, severity, and location of the bruise, many bruises last for about two weeks.
    Marisa Garshick, Verywell Health, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That — metaphorically and literally — is earned dogmatism, the risk that expertise breeds rigidity in our thinking and decision-making.
    Tim Maurer, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • In lagers, for example, the key factor is surface viscoelasticity, or the elasticity and rigidity of the bubble film.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2025

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“Inflexibility.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inflexibility. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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