"compromiseless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From compromise + -less. Non-native use influenced by German kompromisslos or Norwegian Bokmål kompromissløs. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|compromise|less}} compromise + -less, {{bor|en|de|kompromisslos}} German kompromisslos, {{bor|en|nb|kompromissløs}} Norwegian Bokmål kompromissløs Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} compromiseless (not comparable)
  1. (rare, sometimes non-native speakers' English) Uncompromising; uncompromisable. Tags: not-comparable, rare
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          "ref": "1998 September 4, G66, “On trying to get into Beefheart...”, in alt.fan.frank-zappa (Usenet), retrieved 2022-05-22:",
          "text": "While reading thru this thread, I realize that many experience the same things.\nThere is sadness and very deep emotions involved. My favourites nowadays are 'Shiny Beast', 'Doc at the radar station', and 'Icecream for crow'. They are all pretty new productions, from '79 and up. His least appealing stuff is to me the more traditional blues stuff he recorded mid-70's. There are to much candy on them for a maniac like me.\nFor Ron, I would recommend listening to them first. They are less compromiseless than the rest.",
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