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fleks-uh-BIL-uh-tee/ˌfleksəˈbɪləti/

Flexibility is the ability to change easily: flexibility of hours; show flexibility. Flexible is already in the dictionary. Rigid and rigidity are opposites. Uncountable. Do not write “a flexibility”. UK job adverts sell flexibility; unions may call it one-sided.

Meaning

The ability to change easily to suit a new situation (uncountable).

Examples

• “Shift flexibility matters more to staff than a small pay rise.”
• “The rubric allows some flexibility in how you structure Task 2.”

Good to know

Uncountable: flexibility; flexibility of / in. Adjective: flexible. Opposite: rigidity. Jobs: flexible hours. Not “a flexibility”.

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