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non-negotiable

[ US /ˌnɑnəˈɡoʊʃəbəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. cannot be bought or sold

How To Use non-negotiable In A Sentence

  • In the tradition of two of America's greatest social commentators, Alexis de Tocqueville and Thorstein Veblen, Fuller points out that we are all somebodies and nobodies, that dignity is non-negotiable.
  • Must we show our willingness to negotiate the non-negotiable and lay down our arms?
  • Certain fundamental principles are not only non-negotiable, but should also be a source of pride for the UK, including defending the right to asylum and safeguarding the Human Rights Act and 1951 convention on refugees.
  • He specified ‘the rule of law’ as a non-negotiable.
  • It's a non-negotiable part of our deal with theatres. Times, Sunday Times
  • One non-negotiable condition was the removal of the indigenous population of the island. Times, Sunday Times
  • Indeed, arguably there are non-negotiable demands of human reason that apply universally in international attempts to understand and evaluate any particular political tradition or cultural way of life.
  • He specified ‘the rule of law’ as a non-negotiable.
  • Now, that sounds to me like a set of non-negotiable demands. Times, Sunday Times
  • The point is that what I'm trying to illustrate here is the difference (and conflict) between aesthetic forms founded in negotiable conventions (e.g. the poem) and aesthetic forms founded in non-negotiable requirements (e.g. the sonnet). Archive 2006-07-01
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