uncompromising
adjective
un·com·pro·mis·ing
ˌən-ˈkäm-prə-ˌmī-ziŋ 
: not making or accepting a compromise : making no concessions : inflexible, unyielding
Examples of uncompromising in a Sentence
They were uncompromising in their demands.
an uncompromising adherence to the rules that would do a schoolmarm proud
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What the uncompromising Russians fail to fully grasp is that the Soviet Union died in 1991 and is not coming back.
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Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
The uncompromising German inventor of the 12-tone system had just fled Nazi Germany, and the meeting became a battle of high art and entertainment.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
The uncompromising Scottish director has not gone soft in her jagged fifth feature, Die My Love.
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The Filipino filmmaker delivers a pictorial fresco of the 16th century, at once a sensory immersion and an uncompromising political perspective on colonial violence.
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Ken Silverstein, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
The uncompromising German inventor of the 12-tone system had just fled Nazi Germany, and the meeting became a battle of high art and entertainment.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
The uncompromising Scottish director has not gone soft in her jagged fifth feature, Die My Love.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025
The Filipino filmmaker delivers a pictorial fresco of the 16th century, at once a sensory immersion and an uncompromising political perspective on colonial violence.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 9 May 2025
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“Uncompromising.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncompromising. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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uncompromising
adjective
un·com·pro·mis·ing
ˌən-ˈkäm-prə-ˌmī-ziŋ
: not making or accepting a compromise : unyielding
uncompromisingly
adverb
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