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nonnegotiable

adj

Etymology

From non- + negotiable.

  1. borrowed from negōtiātus
  2. formed as negotiable — “negotiate + -able”
  3. formed as nonnegotiable — “non- + negotiable”

Definitions

  1. Not negotiable

    Not negotiable; not subject to negotiation.

    • For the hypermaterialistic and chronically adolescent Nancy, what was nonnegotiable was control, the power to sculpture her world to gratify her ever-sharpening appetites and desires.

  2. Something that is not negotiable.

    • Near-synonym: deal breaker
    • “It is only once you start looking at houses that you realize what you do and don’t like, and what your negotiables and nonnegotiables are,” Ms. Wexler said.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA