Riveted vs Unbudgeable - What's the difference?
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(rivet)
A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.
(figuratively) any fixed point or certain basis
(obsolete) a light kind of footman's armour (back-formation from almain-rivet)
to attach or fasten parts by using rivets
to install rivets
to command the attention of.
* 1912 , (Edgar Rice Burroughs), (Tarzan of the Apes), Chapter 6
That cannot be made to budge; immovable, fixed.
*{{quote-news, year=2009, date=October 1, author=, title=Answering Iran’s Nuclear Challenge, work=New York Times
, passage=For it would surely improve the domestic standing of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, an unbudgeable hawk, and thereby indefinitely delay peace on that Middle Eastern front. }}
Riveted is a related term of unbudgeable.
As a verb riveted
is (rivet).As an adjective unbudgeable is
that cannot be made to budge; immovable, fixed.riveted
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Verb
(head)rivet
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(wikipedia rivet)Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* rivet counter * pop rivetVerb
- The furnishings and other contents of the room it was which riveted his attention. He examined many things minutely--strange tools and weapons, books, paper, clothing-- what little had withstood the ravages of time in the humid atmosphere of the jungle coast.
See also
* riveters * riveting * riveter * rivets * rivetedAnagrams
* ----unbudgeable
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