HARD-AND-FAST Synonyms: 86 Similar and Opposite Words

hard-and-fast

adjective

ˌhärd-ᵊn-ˈfast

as in certain

having been established and usually not subject to change hard-and-fast rules that governed the corporate environment in those days included strictures regarding office dress that were rigidly enforced

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as in unchangeable

not capable of changing or being changed hard-and-fast beliefs that are the rock-solid foundation of their religion

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Examples of hard-and-fast in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web There are hard-and-fast rules—and then there's common courtesy. —

Bobby Laurie, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 July 2023 There is no hard-and-fast definition of the global South, but it is typically used to refer to the bulk of countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. —

Comfort Ero, Foreign Affairs, 1 Apr. 2024 Medicine, dentistry, accounting—don’t have these hard-and-fast ownership rules. —

Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024 But sticking within a color scheme is no hard-and-fast rule. —

Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hard-and-fast

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