uncompromising

[ uhn-kom-pruh-mahy-zing ]

/ ʌnˈkɒm prəˌmaɪ zɪŋ /

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adjective

not admitting of compromise or adjustment of differences; making no concessions; inaccessible to flexible bargaining; unyielding: an uncompromising attitude.

without reservation or exception; undeviating; absolute, as believing in or adhering to a principle, position, or the like: an uncompromising abolitionist.

SYNONYMS FOR uncompromising

1 rigid, obstinate.

2 firm, steadfast.

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Origin of uncompromising

First recorded in 1820–30; un-¹ + compromise + -ing²

OTHER WORDS FROM uncompromising

un·com·pro·mis·ing·ly, adverbun·com·pro·mis·ing·ness, noun

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Example sentences from the Web for uncompromising

He was later executive director of the Illinois Right to Life Committee and an another antiabortion group, Friends for Life, both of which ousted him for his uncompromising tactics.
Joseph Scheidler, a major architect of the antiabortion movement, dies at 93|Matt Schudel|January 20, 2021|Washington Post
Instead, they need to mount an aggressive, uncompromising attack on the GOP.
How Democrats should wage war on coming GOP obstructionism|Paul Waldman|November 30, 2020|Washington Post
Their base, like the Democratic base, would prefer to run more uncompromising candidates, and their donors would prefer a more uncompromising agenda.
The crisis isn’t too much polarization. It’s too little democracy.|Ezra Klein|November 12, 2020|Vox
It will be seen from the poem that Browning took the uncompromisingly non-autobiographical view of the Sonnets.
Browning's England|Helen Archibald Clarke

Nothing of him was visible but a flushed, puffy forehead and an uncompromisingly big, bald cranium.
Song of the Lark|Willa Cather
"Miss Elliot is at home, but I don't know if she will see anyone," he said uncompromisingly.
The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories|Ethel M. Dell
Mrs. Rucker in a clean print dress and with glossy and uncompromisingly smoothed hair stood at the newly whitewashed front gate.
Rose of Old Harpeth|Maria Thompson Daviess
There is one and one only I must warn you off, and that most uncompromisingly.
The Triumph of Hilary Blachland|Bertram Mitford

British Dictionary definitions for uncompromising

uncompromising

/ (ʌnˈkɒmprəˌmaɪzɪŋ) /

adjective

not prepared to give ground or to compromise

Derived forms of uncompromising

uncompromisingly, adverbuncompromisingness, noun

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