NONNEGOTIABLE Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

nonnegotiable

adjective

Definition of nonnegotiable

as in unchangeable

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Recent Examples of nonnegotiable The owners, for the first time since 1994, have formally proposed a salary cap, which players have said is nonnegotiable. — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026 In others, the amount owed is largely nonnegotiable, and understanding the difference between the two can save both time and money. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 1 July 2026 For my family, smoked meat and potato salad were nonnegotiable. — Bobby J. Smith Ii, The Conversation, 18 June 2026 The thing everyone, from the NCAA’s fiercest critics to its most loyal defenders, understood had to remain nonnegotiable. — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for nonnegotiable

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Adjective

Think of it as giving a huge group of devices the same unchangeable password.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026
An organization that has seen its problem and defined it as unchangeable has pre-agreed that the one thing that would work is the one thing that cannot be done.

— Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of unchangeable

Adjective

A bit of final lagniappe handed to the BKTrustee was a ruling that all the assets of the Children's Trust was determined to be part of the Kittrells' bankruptcy estate.

— Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Minnesota stopped a four-game skid and moved within one-half game of Texas for the final AL wild card, tied with AL Central rival Cleveland.

— CBS News, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of final

Adjective

Some states, including Maryland, prohibit certain hospitals from requiring prepayment simply to avoid offering financial assistance.

— Julie Appleby, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Rather than relying purely on attacking returns or clean sheets, players can now earn additional FPL points by reaching certain defensive thresholds.

— Abdul Rehman, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of certain

Adjective

On just one unchanging set, an old-time concert hall designed by Rachel Hauck and made appropriately ominous, a tiny ensemble enacts a whole Greek tragedy of love and sacrifice that goes from the land of the living to the underworld and back.

— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 22 July 2026
There is a fallacy in thinking of languages as brute and unchanging facts, laid out distinctly like elements in the periodic table.

— Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

Definition of unchanging

Adjective

The subject does not have a lot of hard-and-fast rules; wars share common characteristics but each conflict has its own peculiarities and exigent circumstances.

— Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
In an television age where genre seems increasingly like a suggestion rather than a hard-and-fast rule, the Emmys are often the lone arbiter of whether a show is essentially a drama or a comedy.

— Joe Reid, Vulture, 20 June 2026

Definition of hard-and-fast

Adjective

The most common criticism was that England lacked technical quality, intelligence and a settled way of playing as other nations became more sophisticated.

— James Pearce, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Jacobs launched Marc by Marc Jacobs in 2001, cementing his eventual status as a fashion mogul — and, at moments throughout his career, as a kind of enfant terrible who, as it’s shown in this documentary, has cooled down a bit, more settled and reflective in his late career.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 26 Feb. 2026

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