uncompromising

Language: en

🇺🇸 /əˈnkɑmprəmaɪzɪŋ/

📖 Definitions

  1. adjective
    Not willing to make concessions or compromises; refusing to adjust one's position, demands, or principles under any circumstances.; Harsh, severe, or unrelenting in nature; showing no mercy or leniency.; Absolute and unwavering; not admitting of any qualification, exception, or modification.; Blunt, direct, and unsoftened in expression or manner; not tempered by diplomacy or tact.; Rigid and inflexible; not adapting or bending to changing circumstances or opposing views.

🔗 Details

Word forms

Comparative: more uncompromising Superlative: most uncompromising

Collocations

uncompromising stanceuncompromising attitudeuncompromising positionuncompromising approachuncompromising commitmentuncompromising quality

Derivatives

uncompromisinglyuncompromisingnesscompromisecompromisinguncompromised

Synonyms

inflexibleunyieldingadamantsteadfastresoluteimplacablerigid

Antonyms

compromisingflexibleaccommodatingyielding

Commonly confused

uncompromised
EN: 'Uncompromising' describes a person or attitude that refuses to make concessions; 'uncompromised' describes something that has not been weakened or damaged.

Spelling tips

EN: Remember it is 'uncompromising' with a single 's' — not 'uncompromissing'. It is formed from 'un-' + 'compromising' (from 'compromise').

💬 Examples

  1. She took an uncompromising stance on human rights and refused to soften her position despite intense diplomatic pressure.

  2. The judge delivered an uncompromising sentence that shocked everyone in the courtroom.

  3. He held an uncompromising belief in the importance of education for every child.

  4. Her uncompromising honesty sometimes hurt people's feelings, but everyone respected her for it.

  5. The company's uncompromising adherence to outdated policies eventually led to its decline.