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intransigent

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12 lettersPronunciation /ɪnˈtɹæn.sə.d͡ʒənt/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aegiinnnrsttStarts with IEnds with T0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason

Word origin

Borrowed from French intransigeant, from Spanish intransigente, from Latin in- (“un-, not”) + trānsigēns, present participle of trānsigō (“to come to an understanding”), from trāns (“across”) + agō (“to do”).

Used in a sentence

  • Don't waste your time trying to change his mind: he's completely intransigent.
  • Since I have been asked to do this in very brief compass, the harsh tone and terse style of my presentation will make my contentions appear more dogmatic and intransigent than I should wish them to be.
  • Much of the new integration will come in the school districts that have been the most intransigent since the Supreme Court outlawed school segregation in its landmark 1954 decision.

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