be inflexible

基本解释

The downside to this sleep schedule is that it can be inflexible.
这个睡眠计划不好的地方就是不灵活。
But while change control does need to be a strict process that treats the project baseline as holy, it does not need to be inflexible.
但是变更控制并不需要严格到把项目基准神圣到不可侵犯的程度，弹性是必要的。
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Goals can be useful, but they shouldn't be too inflexible.
目标是有益的，但是不能太缺乏灵活性。

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