Uncompromising vs Unyielding - What's the difference?
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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
Principled.
Unyielding is a synonym of uncompromising.
As adjectives the difference between uncompromising and unyielding
is that uncompromising is inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make concessions while unyielding is not giving in; not bending; stubborn.uncompromising
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(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.}}