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: October 21, 2024
\in-TRAN-suh-junt\ adjective
What It Means
Intransigent is a formal word that describes a person who refuses to compromise or abandon an often extreme position or attitude. It can also describe a thing, such as a system or point of view, that shows the same kind of stubbornness.
// Despite the mediator's best efforts, the opposing sides in the dispute remained intransigent.
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