Difference between Inflexible and Rock Ribbed

INFLEXIBLE vs ROCK RIBBED: ADJECTIVE

Literal meanings
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.
Incapable of change; unalterable; immutable.
Not willing to change, e.g. one's opinion or habits; obstinate; stubborn; resolute; determined.
Incapable of change
Resistant to being bent
Extended meanings; incapable of change

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.
Inexorable, inflexible, resolute, steadfast, unbending, unyielding, immovable, unrelenting; obstinate, stubborn, dogged.
Synonyms Rigid, stiff.
Not to be changed or altered; unalterable; not permitting variation.

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

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

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.
Identified by Dialogue Partners: The dialogue partners reported that inflexible federal workplace policies create the following issues for womenwho have caregiving responsibilities: Inflexible workpla
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.

Stopping Henderson - or at least slowing him down - will be the priority for Wisconsin's rock-ribbed defense.