stiff backed
/stɪf bækt/
adjective
- Having a rigid or straight back; physically upright and not bending easily.
- The stiff-backed chair was uncomfortable to sit in for long periods.
- The old man remained stiff-backed despite his age, refusing to slouch.
- She walked with a stiff-backed posture, as if balancing a book on her head.
- Stubbornly formal, proud, or unbending in attitude or behavior.
- His stiff-backed refusal to apologize made the argument worse.
- The company's stiff-backed policies discouraged creative thinking.
- She was too stiff-backed to admit she had made a mistake.
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