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Recent Examples on the WebOver time, though, the pandemic has exposed how an inflexible autocracy that lacks the legitimacy conferred by the ballot box can become fixed into dangerous and self-defeating patterns of policy and behavior. Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 9 Sep. 2022 Military planning, limited by inflexible myopic generals, was woefully slow to address this radically new combat environment.Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2022 The legacy software these insurance companies used was decades old, clunky, and inflexible. Kevin Kruse, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022 But those measures do not address the root causes of teacher resignations, including an evaluation system that feels punitive and inflexible, said Lucia Cuomo, an ESL teacher in Northeast Washington. Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 20 Aug. 2022 Employers aren't restricted to hiring in certain geographies, and candidates won't be forced to turn down job offers due to inflexible or exclusively in-office working models. Raja Patel, Forbes, 25 July 2022 The new stadium’s capacity is problematic, too big for most of what it will be called upon to do, too inflexible to easily expand. Ken Goe For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 8 July 2022 In the past few years, Taylor Swift and Kanye West (who now records as Ye)—two of the most ubiquitous pop stars in the world—have either purposefully or inadvertently challenged the idea of recordings as permanent and inflexible. Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 5 July 2022 Almost four out of five remote workers with inflexible schedules were looking to leave their current job. Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 1 May 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Latin inflexibilis, from in- + flexibilis flexible