" inflexibility "

1: the quality or state of being demanding or unyielding (as in discipline or criticism);

  * e.g., " ... the principal's inflexibility in matters of discipline is the stuff of school legend "

•  Synonyms : 

•  exactingness,

•  hardness,

•  harshness,

•  rigidity,

•  rigidness,

•  rigor,

•  rigorousness,

•  severity,

•  sternness,

•  strictness,

•  stringency

•  Antonyms : 

•  flexibility,

•  gentleness,

•  laxness,

•  mildness

1: not capable of changing or being changed;

  * e.g., " ... the inflexible law of gravity "

•  Synonyms : 

•  fixed,

•  hard-and-fast,

•  immutable,

•  inalterable,

•  incommutable,

•  invariable,

•  unalterable,

•  unchangeable

•  Antonyms : 

•  alterable,

•  changeable,

•  elastic,

•  flexible,

•  mutable,

•  variable

2: incapable of or highly resistant to bending;

  * e.g., " ... shoes made of inflexible plastic hurt my feet "

•  Synonyms : 

•  rigid,

•  stiff,

•  stiffened,

•  unyielding

•  Antonyms : 

•  flexible,

•  floppy,

•  pliable,

•  pliant,

•  supple,

•  yielding

3: not allowing for any exceptions or loosening of standards;

  * e.g., " ... inflexible entry rules for the contest ban anyone who works for the company as well as any of their relatives "

•  Synonyms : 

•  brassbound,

•  cast-iron,

•  exacting,

•  hard-line,

•  rigid,

•  rigorous,

•  strict,

•  stringent,

•  uncompromising

•  Antonyms : 

•  flexible,

•  lax,

•  loose,

•  relaxed,

•  slack