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- [flek-suh-buh l]
- /ˈflɛk sə bəl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [flek-suh-buh l]
- /ˈflɛk sə bəl/
Definitions of nonflexible word
- adjective nonflexible capable of being bent, usually without breaking; easily bent: a flexible ruler. 1
- adjective nonflexible susceptible of modification or adaptation; adaptable: a flexible schedule. 1
- adjective nonflexible willing or disposed to yield; pliable: a flexible personality. 1
- noun nonflexible a flexible substance or material, as rubber or leather. 1
- noun nonflexible Not flexible. 1
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Origin of nonflexible
First appearance:
before 1375 One of the 22% oldest English words
1375-1425; late Middle English < Latin flexibilis pliant, easily bent. See flex1, -ible
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Parts of speech for Nonflexible
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nonflexible popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for nonflexible
adjective nonflexible
- hardened — made or become hard or harder.
- stiff — rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex: a stiff collar.
- rigid — stiff or unyielding; not pliant or flexible; hard: a rigid strip of metal.
- hard — not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
- immalleable — (archaic) Not malleable.
Antonyms for nonflexible
adjective nonflexible
- bendable — to force (an object, especially a long or thin one) from a straight form into a curved or angular one, or from a curved or angular form into some different form: to bend an iron rod into a hoop.
- elastic — (of an object or material) able to resume its normal shape spontaneously after contraction, dilatation, or distortion.
- flexible — capable of being bent, usually without breaking; easily bent: a flexible ruler.
- pliable — easily bent; flexible; supple: pliable leather.
- pliant — bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable: She manipulated the pliant clay.
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