Definition of uncompromising
: not making or accepting a compromise : making no concessions : inflexible, unyielding
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Examples of uncompromising in a Sentence
They were uncompromising in their demands.
an uncompromising adherence to the rules that would do a schoolmarm proud
Recent Examples of uncompromising from the Web
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The 60-year-old English actor plays an uncompromising dressmaker in the movie, which Focus Features will release on Christmas Day.
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The 60-year-old English actor plays an uncompromising dressmaker in the movie, which Focus Features will release on Christmas Day.
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Again, the sanctions over Ukraine have so far failed to influence policy in Moscow in any positive direction, and Putin is still as uncompromising as ever.
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Once known for its relentless, no-frills approach and uncompromising attack, Metallica often looked like bit players in a highly stylized spectacle in which music competed with dramatic visuals for attention.
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Uncompromising groups on either end of the spectrum have been casting one another as the unreasonable villain in these blowups.
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But the attack also resonated far beyond the crime itself into possible reckonings over the country’s drift toward increasingly angry and uncompromising politics.
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An uncompromising demand for a hard break from Europe may have to be downgraded to a far more modest rupture, Kearns said, perhaps one that does not look much like an exit at all.
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Diana is unselfish, with an uncompromising moral compass.
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First Known Use of uncompromising
1800
UNCOMPROMISING Defined for English Language Learners
uncompromising
playDefinition of uncompromising for English Language Learners
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: not willing to change a decision, opinion, method, etc. : not willing to make or accept a compromise
UNCOMPROMISING Defined for Kids
uncompromising
playDefinition of uncompromising for Students
: not willing to give in even a little They were uncompromising in their demands.
uncompromisingly
adverb They held uncompromisingly to their opinions.Learn More about uncompromising
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