But the opposite of inflexibility is wishy-washy, right?. From Wordnik.com. [Executive Suite: Knowledge of failure helps lead to success] Reference
Cognitive inflexibility is a signature trait of the conservative mind. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » GOP Sen. Dick Lugar rebukes Cheney criticism of Obama as ‘unfair.’] Reference
This sort of intellectual inflexibility is hardly unique to libertarians. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » The Double Standard of Libertarian Paternalism] Reference
I can certainly live with that short term inflexibility for the better rate. From Wordnik.com. [ Guardian Online] Reference
Their short term inflexibility continues to erode our schools, road, water systems, etc. From Wordnik.com. [California budget: Senate vote ends California budget impasse - latimes.com] Reference
Cognitive inflexibility is the hallmark of conservative swine and Doc Hunt is the standard. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Will Sarah Palin call on Rush Limbaugh to apologize for saying liberal activists are ‘retards’?] Reference
And this kind of ideological inflexibility is the best way for a party to squander a very favorable electoral landscape. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » The Limits of Scott Brown] Reference
It leads to inflexibility, which is just about the most destructive trait possible for a leader. From Wordnik.com. [Quote of the Day] Reference
In a thinly veiled criticism Sunday, Mandela accused the delegates of "inflexibility" while the fighting in Burundi raged. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
This kind of inflexibility can spell disaster for any SEO campaign. From Wordnik.com. [SiteProNews: Webmaster News & Resources] Reference
Government learns from the "inflexibility" of the Severn Bridges Act 1992 when agreeing future contracts. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News - Home] Reference
The 'inflexibility' of gold makes it harder to for governments to spend and makes it harder for banks to lend. From Wordnik.com. [Not PC] Reference
It’s easy to believe that our inflexibility is a virtue, that by refusing to bend a few inches, we’re keeping the moral high ground. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-09-01] Reference
Bush's inflexibility is rooted in the old family drama. From Wordnik.com. [Fishing for a Way to Change the World] Reference
Pertinacity and inflexibility on this point are well bestowed. From Wordnik.com. [Manners and Social Usages] Reference
There was full evidence of the hostile inflexibility of Great Britain. From Wordnik.com. [The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1] Reference
She had experienced his obstinacy, and knew the inflexibility of his nature. From Wordnik.com. [The Sheik] Reference
"I would rather," persisted Elisabeth with a gentle inflexibility of purpose. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
They were not stumbled by the objection about the inflexibility of the laws of. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 26, December, 1859] Reference
And what John was talking about, about critics and flexibility or inflexibility. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 6, 2006] Reference
Mrs. Ogilvie; there was an inflexibility about her which made protest impossible. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
Nan made no reply, but stood the picture of inflexibility, facing her accuser squarely. From Wordnik.com. [The Governess] Reference
His is the Spartan heroism, the inflexibility of the Roman, the enduring resolution of the. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Missionary Heroes] Reference
The uniformity of monastic life by no means tended to relax the inflexibility of invention. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 62, No. 384, October 1847] Reference
NADYA SULEMAN, OCTO-MOM: I will never understand your inflexibility and your inability to. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 24, 2009] Reference
In trying to conceal her emotion she only gave herself the appearance of rigid inflexibility. From Wordnik.com. [The Governess] Reference
He has all his father's inflexibility, but an intellect as clear as that of the most practical man. From Wordnik.com. [Cord and Creese] Reference
With a certain suppressed ferocity it combined an inflexibility of purpose that sat like an iron mask upon him. From Wordnik.com. [The Inmate Of The Dungeon 1894] Reference
If the tongue and an inflexibility of temper were the weapons, she would whip Death from her chamber at the last. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866] Reference
I am officer on a man-of-war, and command with sternness and inflexibility, never bending to coaxing or cajolery. From Wordnik.com. [Joyce's Investments A Story for Girls] Reference
What it does is it treats some of the conditions, such as anxiety, behavioral inflexibility, issues of that type. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 21, 2008] Reference
We are pygmies; yet, if we have spirit we can grow into some measure of the greatness and inflexibility around us. From Wordnik.com. [Montlivet] Reference
For readers more accustomed to hearing about Islamic inflexibility, she recalls the callous myopia of Christianity. From Wordnik.com. ['The Tenth Parallel,' Eliza Griswold's book on Christianity and Islam] Reference
The government is focusing on the problems of the high cost of labor and labor market inflexibility resulting from the. From Wordnik.com. [The 2004 CIA World Factbook] Reference
The biggest obstacles to Europe's economic dreams for itself are such things as labor-market inflexibility and high taxes. From Wordnik.com. [Stop Making Excuses] Reference
A system without checks and balances -- whether of government, media or social freedoms -- eventually collapses of its own inflexibility. From Wordnik.com. [The Many Faces of Putin] Reference
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