Standard Lemma guide

uncompromising

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 N K AA1 M P R AH0 M AY0 Z IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make concessions.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Principled.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

not making concessions

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • took an uncompromising stance in the peace talks
  • uncompromising honesty

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sturdy, inflexible

Antonyms: compromising

History

Etymology

From un- + compromising.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: intransigent — inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make concessions
  • Czech: nekompromisní — inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make concessions
  • Danish: kompromisløs — inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make concessions
  • Dutch: compromisloos — inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make concessions
  • Finnish: tinkimätön — inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make concessions
  • Finnish: ehdoton — inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make concessions
  • Finnish: peräänantamaton — inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make concessions
  • French: carré — inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make concessions
  • German: kompromisslos — inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make concessions
  • Kalmyk: эвцлдго (evtsldgo) — inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make concessions
  • Kazakh: бірбеткей (bırbetkei) — inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make concessions
  • Māori: tūkaha — inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make concessions
  • Norwegian Bokmål: egen — inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make concessions
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kompromissløs — inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make concessions
  • Polish: bezkompromisowy — inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make concessions
  • Russian: бескомпроми́ссный (beskompromíssnyj) — inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make concessions
  • Russian: непрекло́нный (nepreklónnyj) — inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make concessions
  • Spanish: inquebrantable — inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make concessions
  • Spanish: intransigente — inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make concessions
  • Ukrainian: безкомпромі́сний (bezkompromísnyj) — inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make concessions
  • Danish: kompromisløs — principled
  • Finnish: periksiantamaton — principled
  • German: kompromisslos — principled
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kompromissløs — principled
  • Polish: bezkompromisowy — principled
  • Swedish: kompromisslös — principled