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Meanings of rigid in English
Incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances.
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Usage of rigid in English
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The challenge is fitting rigid inflation management into an often-messy political reality.
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Mr Ussher said the current migrant work visa system is too rigid.
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The Company is a manufacturer of rigid packaging for consumer goods products.
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The wagon-covers became sticky in the sun, and rigid in the cold.
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Solution: Internal supplier management programmes should be adjusted for more rigid inspections.
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The positivist belief in universal and rigid determinism, especially shown in Taine.
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I love that now I can think outside that really rigid box.
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They wait, arms extended, holding their bodies in a rigid, leaning-rest position.
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People create rigid structures of thought and tend to be rather introspective.
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De Rançun was staring straight ahead, his body rigid as a stone.
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He stood in the center of the fire-lit room rigid and immovable.
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The law of right is rigid; that of external ceremonies is flexible.
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The most rigid, the most precise etiquette prevailed in the Imperial residences.
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She thought to wonder what instinct made her body rigid when shocked.
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But even in their curiosity the rigid discipline of the Pan-Antis prevailed.
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The rigid economizer is in danger of being classed with the sluggard.
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