inflexibilities
Unyielding qualities plural
Inflexibilities are instances or qualities of being rigid and unyielding.
The word typically describes rules, systems, or attitudes that resist adaptation: The inflexibilities of the old bureaucracy frustrated everyone.
Someone might complain about the inflexibilities of a schedule, a contract, or a person's thinking.
Firmly refusing to yield
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- adamantStubbornly refusing to yield
- bullheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
- headstrongStubbornly self-willed
obdurate · mulish · intractable · willful · uncooperative · recalcitrant · defiant · pigheaded
Not easily bent
- brittleLiable to shatter
- inelasticResistant to deformation
- hardenedMade tough or unfeeling
- unbendingRefusing to change position
solid · unyielding · unpliable · fixed · frozen · taut · rigid · unstretchable
State of being unbending
- severityIntensity of sternness
- stringencySeverity of requirements
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
- harshnessUnsparing quality or manner
sternness · formality · authoritarianism · dogmatism · orthodoxy · conformity · discipline · regimentation
Inability to change
- fixednessState of being stationary
- permanenceQuality of lasting indefinitely
- invariabilityQuality of remaining unchanged
- constancyUnchanging faithfulness over time
unalterability · irreversibility · steadfastness · immovability · intransigence · entrenchment · ossification
Limits on action
- restrictionsLimitations on action
- barriersThings blocking access
- impedimentsThings that obstruct progress
- obstaclesThings in the way
boundaries · handicaps · drawbacks · shortcomings · hurdles · encumbrances · inhibitions · ceilings
obstinate
Firmly refusing to yield
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- adamantStubbornly refusing to yield
- bullheadedStubbornly refusing to yield
headstrong · obdurate · mulish · intractable · willful · uncooperative · recalcitrant · defiant · pigheaded · dogged
stiff
Not easily bent
unbending · solid · unyielding · unpliable · fixed · frozen · taut · rigid · unstretchable · nonpliable
rigidity
State of being unbending
- severityIntensity of sternness
- stringencySeverity of requirements
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
harshness · sternness · formality · authoritarianism · dogmatism · orthodoxy · conformity · discipline · regimentation · exactness
immutability
Inability to change
- fixednessState of being stationary
- permanenceQuality of lasting indefinitely
- invariabilityQuality of remaining unchanged
constancy · unalterability · irreversibility · steadfastness · immovability · intransigence · entrenchment · ossification
constraints
Limits on action
- restrictionsLimitations on action
- barriersThings blocking access
- impedimentsThings that obstruct progress
obstacles · boundaries · handicaps · drawbacks · shortcomings · hurdles · encumbrances · inhibitions · ceilings · confines
inflexibilitiesflexibilities
Capacities to bend or adjust
adaptabilities · suppleness · elasticities · responsiveness · plasticity
inflexibilitiesflexibilities
Capacities to bend or adjust
open-mindedness · adaptabilities · receptiveness · accommodations · tolerance
reflect, flexible, reflects, flex, reflection, reflex, flexibility, inflexible, reflective