Obstinate vs Unmanageable - What's the difference?
obstinate | unmanageable | Related terms |
Stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent.
* 1686 , , "That men are justly punished for being obstinate in the defence of a fort that is not in reason to be defended",
Said of inanimate things not easily subdued or removed.
* 1927 , ,
Not manageable; not readily submitting to handling or management; not easily restrained, governed, or directed; not controllable.
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As adjectives the difference between obstinate and unmanageable
is that obstinate is stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course, usually with implied unreasonableness; persistent while unmanageable is not manageable; not readily submitting to handling or management; not easily restrained, governed, or directed; not controllable.obstinate
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- From this consideration it is that we have derived the custom, in times of war, to punish
- Now it happened that Kasturbai had again begun getting haemorrhage, and the malady seemed to be obstinate .
Synonyms
* bloody-minded, persistent, stubborn, pertinacious * (not easily subdued) persistent, unrelenting, inexorable * See alsoDerived terms
* obstinately * obstinatenessExternal links
* * * ----unmanageable
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Adjective
(en adjective)Globalisation is about taxes too, passage=It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable , unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […].}}
