nonnegotiable

Example Sentences

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All of this makes medical care a nonnegotiable, highly expensive commodity.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 26, 2026

Hochul’s embrace of nuclear power acknowledges what grid operators have long understood: firmly reliable, zero-emission baseload capacity is a nonnegotiable in order to achieve decarbonization and affordability in energy.

From Barron's • Nov. 18, 2025

And when it comes to wrapping up a meeting, “I think I hear the dog throwing up” is the ultimate, nonnegotiable hard out.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 11, 2025

They spend an average of 3.7 hours per week on necessary caregiving, like changing diapers; dads without a college degree do just 1.9 hours per week of that kind of nonnegotiable labor.

From Slate • Sep. 13, 2025

Park tried to sneak out without seeing him, but his mom was nonnegotiable about breakfast.

From "Eleanor & Park" by Rainbow Rowell