The committee's inflexibility regarding budget cuts stalled the entire infrastructure project for several months.
委员会在预算削减上的不灵活导致整个基础设施项目停滞了数月。
Which choice best defines “inflexibility”?
A — Unwillingness to change or compromise. “inflexibility” means unwillingness to change or compromise.
Which word means “unwillingness to change or compromise”?
B — inflexibility. “inflexibility” means unwillingness to change or compromise.
inflexibility — unwillingness to change or compromise. In Chinese: 不灵活.
inflexibility is pronounced /ˌɪnflɛksəˈbɪlɪti/.
The committee's inflexibility regarding budget cuts stalled the entire infrastructure project for several months. (委员会在预算削减上的不灵活导致整个基础设施项目停滞了数月。)
rigidity, stubbornness, intransigence — all close in meaning to inflexibility (unwillingness to change or compromise).
flexibility, adaptability — each the opposite of inflexibility (unwillingness to change or compromise).
Yes. inflexibility is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.