nonnegotiable

adjective

Definition of nonnegotiablenext
as in unchangeable

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Recent Examples of nonnegotiable For days when comfort is nonnegotiable, this $28 sandal checks all the boxes. — Nicol Natale, PEOPLE, 26 July 2026 Pick the handful of protections that address what’s common and dangerous, treat them as nonnegotiable, and give yourself real permission to let the rest go without spiraling over it. — Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez, CNN Money, 20 July 2026 That big baseball-hat shape where the top of it goes a foot above your head was nonnegotiable. — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 20 July 2026 The owners, for the first time since 1994, have formally proposed a salary cap, which players have said is nonnegotiable. — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for nonnegotiable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonnegotiable
  1. unchangeable
  2. final
  3. fixed
  4. certain
  5. unchanging
  6. hard-and-fast
  7. settled
  8. frozen
Adjective
  • Think of it as giving a huge group of devices the same unchangeable password.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026
  • An organization that has seen its problem and defined it as unchangeable has pre-agreed that the one thing that would work is the one thing that cannot be done.
    — Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of unchangeable
Adjective
  • Analysts point out that this is very likely the final World Cup of Ronaldo's career.
    — , CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
  • On her final day, a report said she was asked to join The View.
    — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of final
Adjective
  • For clients like Edward White, who is on a fixed income, the service is a critical lifeline.
    — Manuel Bojorquez, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Importantly, all of these rhythms stack on top of each other and interact, meaning that resilience is never a fixed state but rather more of a dynamic balance between a person’s mental and physical capacities and the demands placed on them.
    — Masha Remskar, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of fixed
Adjective
  • But there’s also still room to grow, and certain structural issues as a result of this eight-ish-episodes-per-year format.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026
  • OpenAI announcing that its upcoming AI model, dubbed Astra, breaches certain cybersecurity thresholds and will have throttled-back cyber capabilities when released.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of certain
Adjective
  • Of recognizing the Sisyphean task ahead, the endless, unchanging road diminishing in the distance, and taking another step anyway.
    — Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The former Hartford mayor hewed to a simple, unchanging message.
    — Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of unchanging
Adjective
  • Of course, these are guidelines rather than hard-and-fast rules.
    — Laura Solla, Vogue, 24 Aug. 2026
  • How quickly the bladder fills depends on several factors; therefore, there’s no hard-and-fast rule about how long people can go between bathroom trips.
    — Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of hard-and-fast
Adjective
  • In settled possession, expect to see fluidity from the midfielders.
    — Liam Tharme, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Jacobs launched Marc by Marc Jacobs in 2001, cementing his eventual status as a fashion mogul — and, at moments throughout his career, as a kind of enfant terrible who, as it’s shown in this documentary, has cooled down a bit, more settled and reflective in his late career.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 26 Feb. 2026
Definition of settled
Adjective
  • Generally, in high-altitude environments such as mountain ranges, permafrost—basically, frozen soil—holds sediment and rocky material together.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Egg freezing is a fertility-preservation procedure in which eggs are retrieved from the ovaries, frozen and stored for possible future use.
    — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of frozen

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“Nonnegotiable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonnegotiable. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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