inflexible vs unsteady

inflexible

adj
  • Not flexible; not capable of bending or being bent. 

  • Not willing to change, e.g. one's opinion or habits. 

  • Not able to be changed or adapted to circumstances. 

unsteady

adj
  • Not held firmly in position, physically unstable. 

  • Inconstant in purpose, or volatile in behavior. 

  • Lacking regularity or uniformity. 

verb
  • To render unsteady, removing balance. 

How often have the words inflexible and unsteady occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )