Uncompromising vs Immovable - What's the difference?
uncompromising | immovable | Related terms |
Inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make concessions.
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Principled.
Incapable of being physically moved; fixed.
Steadfast in purpose or intention; unalterable, unyielding.
* 1994 , Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom , Abacus 2010, p. 101:
Not capable of being affected or moved in feeling; impassive.
(legal) Not liable to be removed; permanent in place or tenure; fixed.
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)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.}}
Synonyms
* See alsoimmovable
English
Alternative forms
* immoveableAdjective
(en adjective)- I pleaded with him not to resign, but he was immovable .
- (Dryden)
- an immovable estate
