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intransigent

/ɪnˈtrænzɪdʒənt/adjective

उच्चारण इन्ट्रैन्ज़िजन्ट

हठी, अड़ियल, समझौता न करने वाला

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adjective
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    formal, disapproving

    unwilling to change your opinions or behaviour in a way that would help to reach an agreement

    हठी, अड़ियल, समझौता न करने वाला

    • The union remained intransigent, and the talks failed.
    • an intransigent attitude
    • Both leaders were intransigent, so no agreement was reached.
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    • The management's intransigent position angered the staff.
    • An intransigent opponent will not compromise even when it would help him.

    Synonyms uncompromising obstinate stubborn inflexible unyielding

    Opposite compromising flexible accommodating amenable

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in·tran·si·gent

With -sigent (not 'intransigant' or 'intransijent'); the noun intransigence.

अंत में -sigent ('intransigant' या 'intransijent' गलत है); noun intransigence।

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Keep the stubborn words together: intransigent, obdurate, adamant, recalcitrant (refusing to obey), inflexible.

हठ के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: intransigent, obdurate, adamant, recalcitrant (आज्ञा न मानने वाला), inflexible।

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One-word substitution

Refusing to compromise is intransigent or uncompromising.

'समझौते से इनकार करने वाला' intransigent या uncompromising।