"uncompromising" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more uncompromising [comparative], most uncompromising [superlative]
Etymology: un- + compromising Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|compromising}} un- + compromising Head templates: {{en-adj}} uncompromising (comparative more uncompromising, superlative most uncompromising)
  1. Inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make concessions. Translations (inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make concessions): intransigent (Catalan), nekompromisní (Czech), kompromisløs (Danish), compromisloos (Dutch), tinkimätön (Finnish), ehdoton (Finnish), peräänantamaton (Finnish), carré [masculine] (French), kompromisslos (German), бірбеткей (bırbetkei) (Kazakh), tūkaha (Maori), egen (Norwegian Bokmål), kompromissløs (Norwegian Bokmål), bezkompromisowy (Polish), бескомпроми́ссный (beskompromíssnyj) (Russian), непрекло́нный (nepreklónnyj) (Russian), inquebrantable (Spanish), безкомпромі́сний (bezkompromísnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-uncompromising-en-adj-7Jgrq7vM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 82 18 Disambiguation of 'inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make concessions': 96 4
  2. Principled. Translations (principled): kompromisløs (Danish), periksiantamaton (Finnish), kompromisslos (German), kompromissløs (Norwegian Bokmål), kompromisslös (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-uncompromising-en-adj-8uw6el6C Categories (other): English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 44 56 Disambiguation of 'principled': 4 96

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