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nonnegotiable

nonnegotiable adjective: not negotiable; not subject to negotiation.

Adjective

nonnegotiable (not comparable)

  1. 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.2007 December 16, Bob Shacochis, “Here Comes the Bride”, in The New York Times
    1. Not subject to bargaining or haggling.
    2. Not redeemable for money or other assets.

Noun

nonnegotiable (plural nonnegotiables)

  1. 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.2007 August 26, Joyce Cohen, “No Longer Boxed In”, in The New York Times

Synonyms of nonnegotiable

Forms of nonnegotiable

Adjective
alternative formnon-negotiable
Noun
pluralnonnegotiables

Origin of nonnegotiable

From non- + negotiable.

Questions about nonnegotiable

What does nonnegotiable mean?
Nonnegotiable means not negotiable; not subject to negotiation.
What part of speech is nonnegotiable?
Nonnegotiable can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near nonnegotiable in the dictionary

  1. nonnegativity
  2. nonneglected
  3. nonnegligent
  4. nonnegligible
  5. nonnegligibly
  6. nonnegotiable
  7. nonnegotiables
  8. nonnegotiably
  9. nonnegotiating
  10. nonnegotiation
  11. nonnematic

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