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1 uncompromising
(keeping firmly to a particular attitude, policy etc: You should not adopt such an uncompromising attitude.) intransigente* * *un.com.pro.mis.ing[∧nk'ɔmprəmaiziŋ] adj 1 inflexível, intransigente. 2 firme, determinado. -
2 uncompromising
(keeping firmly to a particular attitude, policy etc: You should not adopt such an uncompromising attitude.)
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