Difference between Inflexible and Cumbersome

INFLEXIBLE vs CUMBERSOME: ADJECTIVE

Extended meanings; incapable of change
Incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances
Not making concessions
Not easily bent; stiff or rigid. : stiff.
Incapable of being changed; unalterable.
Refusing to change one's attitude, purpose, or principles; immovable.
Not capable of being bent; stiff; rigid; firm; unyielding.
Firm in will or purpose; not to be turned, changed, or altered; resolute; determined; unyieding; inexorable; stubborn.
Literal meanings
Not willing to change, e.g. one's opinion or habits; obstinate; stubborn; resolute; determined.
Incapable of change
Resistant to being bent
Incapable of change; unalterable; immutable.

Difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight
Not elegant or graceful in expression
Difficult to handle because of weight or bulk.
Difficult to use or deal with.
Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous.
Not easily managed.
Not easily managed or handled; awkward
Hard, difficult, demanding to handle or get around with

Not flexible; incapable of bending or of being bent; rigid: as, an inflexible rod.
Unyielding in temper or purpose; that will not yield to prayers or arguments; firm in purpose; incapable of being turned; not to be prevailed on.
Not to be changed or altered; unalterable; not permitting variation.
Synonyms Rigid, stiff.
Inexorable, inflexible, resolute, steadfast, unbending, unyielding, immovable, unrelenting; obstinate, stubborn, dogged.

Inconvenient; awkward; unwieldy; unmanageable; not easily borne or managed: as, a cumbersome load; a cumbersome machine.
Burdensome; troublesome; embarrassing; vexatious: as, “cumbersome obedience,”

Fossilized, Flinty, Stiffened, Adamant, Inexorable, Ironclad, Adamantine, Stiff, Uncompromising, Unadaptable, Unyielding, Ossified, Unbending, Intransigent, Rigid

Costly, Complicated, Onerous, Laborious, Burdensome, Tedious, Ill chosen, Infelicitous, Inept, Inapt, Cumbrous, Awkward, Unmanageable, Clumsy, Unwieldy

Fossilized, Flinty, Stiffened, Adamant, Inexorable, Ironclad, Adamantine, Stiff, Uncompromising, Unadaptable, Unyielding, Ossified, Unbending, Intransigent, Rigid

Costly, Complicated, Onerous, Laborious, Burdensome, Tedious, Ill chosen, Infelicitous, Inept, Inapt, Cumbrous, Awkward, Unmanageable, Clumsy, Unwieldy

For Verizon to be so inflexible is horrible!
In trust planning, irrevocable no longer means inflexible.
We called Regents and the staff was inflexible.
An inflexible, categorical rule neglects these additional considerations.
Offers fall apart when both sides are inflexible.
Long cable is inflexible and gets kinked easily.
Development and validation of the inflexible eating questionnaire.
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For example, a family which is rigidly inflexible toward relationship roles would be expected to be rigidly inflexible in the disciplining of children.
Inflexible parents, inflexible kids: A sixyear longitudinal study of parenting style and the development of psychological flexibity in adolescence.