inadaptable
Resistant to change
Inadaptable describes something or someone unable to adjust to new conditions or circumstances.
A species that is inadaptable to climate change faces extinction.
A person who is inadaptable resists or fails at modifying their behavior when situations demand it: His inadaptable nature made him a poor fit for the fast-changing startup.
Unable to bend
- unbendingRefusing to change position
- uncompromisingRefusing to yield ground
- intransigentRefusing to compromise
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
unyielding · adamant · dogmatic · unaccommodating · uncooperative · unreceptive · unamenable · set in ways
Restored or immovable
- staticWithout motion or change
- permanentFixed without end
- immutableIncapable of being changed
- constantFixed, unvarying quantity
unalterable · invariable · unmodifiable · irreversible · set · frozen · locked · ingrained
Firmly refusing to yield
- headstrongStubbornly self-willed
- bullheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
- willfulIntentionally unyielding
- mulishStubbornly refusing to yield
pigheaded · stiff-necked · obdurate · recalcitrant · pertinacious · dogged · tenacious · persistent
Unable to be affected
- unresponsiveFailing to react or reply
- immuneProtected from harm
- insusceptibleNot liable to influence
- unaffectedNot changed or influenced
unreceptive · impermeable · closed-off · uninfluenced · insensitive · indifferent · oblivious · unmoved
rigid
Unable to bend
- unbendingRefusing to change position
- uncompromisingRefusing to yield ground
- intransigentRefusing to compromise
obstinate · unyielding · adamant · dogmatic · unaccommodating · uncooperative · unreceptive · unamenable · set in ways · closed-minded
fixed
Restored or immovable
constant · unalterable · invariable · unmodifiable · irreversible · set · frozen · locked · ingrained · hardwired
obstinate
Firmly refusing to yield
- headstrongStubbornly self-willed
- bullheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
- willfulIntentionally unyielding
mulish · pigheaded · stiff-necked · obdurate · recalcitrant · pertinacious · dogged · tenacious · persistent · hardheaded
impervious
Unable to be affected
- unresponsiveFailing to react or reply
- immuneProtected from harm
- insusceptibleNot liable to influence
unaffected · unreceptive · impermeable · closed-off · uninfluenced · insensitive · indifferent · oblivious · unmoved · untouched
inadaptableadaptable
Able to adjust readily
flexible · versatile · adjustable · malleable · pliable
inadaptableversatile
Capable in varied contexts
multipurpose · all-purpose · flexible · multifunctional · convertible
adapt, adaptation, adaptable, adaptability, adaptive, maladaptive, adaptively, unadaptable, maladapted