Vocabulary
Rigid
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
unable to bend or be forced out of shape; not flexible.
Urdu meaning
سخت، کڑا، کرخت
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- Rigid enforcement of the `Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan` will only aggravate suffering, risk undermining the country`s reputation for hospitality and invite diplomatic censure.
- The result is a rigid social hierarchy that Pakistan has yet to dismantle.
- At Madinah, the Quran established Muslims as a `median community` against the rigid formalism of Judaism and the liquidity of Christianity.
- Instead of approaching the law as a living instrument, trial courts increasingly insist on rigid precedent; demanding identical past judgements before considering any novel claim.
- Their models emphasised rigid hierarchies and central control; they discouraged intellectual risktaking.
Synonyms
stiff, hard, firm, inflexible, non-flexible, unbending, unyielding, inelastic;
Antonyms
flexible, plastic
Curator example
“a seat of rigid orange plastic”
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