Webster: robust adjective 1D: capable of performing without failure under a wide range of conditions In the last few years, we found, and now seemingly look to explore to the point of exhaustion, the present corporate globalization system is not very robust. Centrally controlled and structured systems, dependent on certain essential elements, all have design weaknesses. When challenged by acute and hard change, they are not robust.
Not to quibble or be pedantic, but he's the Old Mole, not the Old Moor.