Ossify
meaning: If habits or ideas ossify, or if something ossifies them, they become fixed and unable to change:
usage: Years of easy success had ossified the company's thinking and it never faced up to the challenge of the new technology .
meaning: If habits or ideas ossify, or if something ossifies them, they become fixed and unable to change:
usage: Years of easy success had ossified the company's thinking and it never faced up to the challenge of the new technology .