Noun
The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness; inflexibleness; rigidity; firmness of will or purpose; unbending pertinacity; steadfastness; resoluteness; unchangeableness; obstinacy.
Source: Webster's dictionaryRussia's main weaknesses are inflexibility and dependence on energy resources. Christopher A. Pissarides
Cimourdain knew everything and nothing. He knew everything about science, and nothing at all about life. Hence his inflexibility. Victor Hugo
Great works of art have no more affecting lesson for us than this. They teach us to abide by our own spontaneous expression with good humored inflexibility whether the whole cry of voices is on the other side. Ralph Waldo Emerson
He was one of those men who, even in the years of peace, would have advised his congregation that while God may well be honored by the inflexibility of the pious, he might also be honored by the flexibility of the sensible. Thomas Keneally
A by IBM suggests that the inflexibility of legacy systems costs the banking sector $200 billion annually and erodes roughly 20% of pre-tax profits. Source: Internet
No other artist has understood quite so well, the characteristic features of the island, its appeal and its inflexibility and captured it so well in his works. Source: Internet