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Uncompromising vs Immovable - What's the difference?

uncompromising | immovable | Related terms |

Uncompromising is a related term of immovable.


As adjectives the difference between uncompromising and immovable

is that uncompromising is inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make concessions while immovable is incapable of being physically moved; fixed.

As a noun immovable is

that which can not be moved; something which is immovable.

uncompromising

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make concessions.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1959, author=(Georgette Heyer), title=(The Unknown Ajax), chapter=1
  • , passage=But Richmond, his grandfather's darling, after one thoughtful glance cast under his lashes at that uncompromising countenance appeared to lose himself in his own reflections.}}
  • * {{quote-news, year=2014
  • , date=November 14 , author=Stephen Halliday , title=Scotland 1-0 Republic of Ireland: Maloney the hero , work=The Scotsman citation , page= , passage=The visitors, who surprisingly dropped their talismanic record goalscorer Robbie Keane from their starting line-up for a competitive game for the first time in 13 years, adopted a direct and uncompromising approach.}}
  • Principled.
  • Synonyms

    * See also

    immovable

    English

    Alternative forms

    * immoveable

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Incapable of being physically moved; fixed.
  • Steadfast in purpose or intention; unalterable, unyielding.
  • * 1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 101:
  • I pleaded with him not to resign, but he was immovable .
  • Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling; impassive.
  • (Dryden)
  • (legal) Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed.
  • an immovable estate

    Antonyms

    * movable

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which can not be moved; something which is immovable.
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