Refusing to make concessions or accept a middle ground; strict, firm, or absolute in one's principles or demands.
From 'un-' (not) plus 'compromising' (from 'compromise,' from French 'compromis,' from Latin 'compromittere,' meaning to agree together). The prefix 'un-' negates the flexibility of compromise.
Some of history's most important figures were uncompromising—abolitionist Frederick Douglass refused to accept any gradual solutions, and his refusal to compromise actually accelerated real change!
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