Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Nomimalize"

A: It would be awkward. I would expect you to continue the sentence explaining what happens when the thing is hard to squeeze.

I understand the desire to change to the gerund form, but it doesn't work in all cases. It's just cleaner to describe the property in the picture: "This is hard to squeeze."

If you want to show a simple phrase that translates well as a noun, you could just show the picture and the noun "rigid".