nonresilient
Lacks elastic recovery
Nonresilient describes something that lacks the ability to recover or bounce back.
A nonresilient material doesn't spring back to its original shape after being compressed or stretched.
Applied to people or systems, it suggests vulnerability to stress or setbacks: The nonresilient supply chain collapsed under pressure.
The opposite of resilient.
Out in open
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
- sensitiveEasily affected emotionally
- insecureLacking self-assurance
unprotected · endangered · threatened · imperiled · helpless · unshielded · assailable · penetrable
Narrow break or attempt
- shatterFragment violently, suddenly
- fractureSplit in hard material
- splinterThin sharp fragment
- snapSudden sharp sound
crumble · break · shards · friable · fragment · disintegrate · cracking · fragile
Unable to bend
- stiffNot easily bent
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- inelasticResistant to deformation
- unbendingRefusing to change position
hard · fixed · solid · immovable · unpliable · sturdy · firm · taut
Refusing to change course
- intransigentRefusing to compromise
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
- uncompromisingRefusing to yield ground
- adamantStubbornly refusing to yield
obdurate · implacable · unrelenting · dogmatic · hidebound · unswerving · unaccommodating · unresponsive
exposed
Out in open
- defenselessWithout means to resist
- susceptibleEasily influenced or harmed
- sensitiveEasily affected emotionally
insecure · unprotected · endangered · threatened · imperiled · helpless · unshielded · assailable · penetrable · fragile
crack
Narrow break or attempt
snap · crumble · break · shards · friable · fragment · disintegrate · cracking · fragile · breakable
inflexible
Unable to bend
- stiffNot easily bent
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- inelasticResistant to deformation
unbending · hard · fixed · solid · immovable · unpliable · sturdy · firm · taut · unadaptable
stubborn
Refusing to change course
- intransigentRefusing to compromise
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
- uncompromisingRefusing to yield ground
adamant · obdurate · implacable · unrelenting · dogmatic · hidebound · unswerving · unaccommodating · unresponsive · unreceptive