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locked-in
adjective as in booked
adjective as in enclosed
adjective as in hardheaded
adjective as in hard-nosed/hardheaded
adjective as in headstrong
adjective as in immovable
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adjective as in inexorable
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- adamant
- adamantine
- bound
- bound and determined
- compulsory
- dead set on
- dogged
- hard
- harsh
- hell bent on
- immobile
- immovable
- ineluctable
- inflexible
- ironclad
- like death and taxes
- mean business
- necessary
- no going back
- obdurate
- obstinate
- remorseless
- resolute
- rigid
- set in stone
- severe
- single-minded
- stubborn
- unappeasable
- unbending
- uncompromising
- unmovable
- unyielding
adjective as in intractable
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- awkward
- bull-headed
- cantankerous
- contrary
- fractious
- hang-tough
- hard-line
- headstrong
- immovable
- incompliant
- indocile
- indomitable
- insoluble
- locked
- mulish
- obdurate
- obstinate
- pat
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pig-headed
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- resolute
- self-willed
- tenacious
- tough
- unbending
- uncooperative
- undisciplined
- ungovernable
- unpliable
- unruly
- unyielding
- wayward
- wild
- willful
adjective as in intractable/intransigent
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- awkward
- bullheaded
- cantankerous
- contrary
- hang-tough
- hard-line
- headstrong
- immovable
- incompliant
- incurable
- indocile
- indomitable
- insoluble
- mulish
- obdurate
- obstinate
- pat
- pertinacious
- perverse
- pigheaded
- recalcitrant
- refractory
- resolute
- self-willed
- set in stone
- tenacious
- tough
- unbending
- uncompromising
- uncooperative
- undisciplined
- ungovernable
- unmanageable
- unpliable
- unruly
- unyielding
- wayward
- wild
- willful
adjective as in obstinate
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adjective as in opinionated
Weak matches
- adamant
- arbitrary
- biased
- bigoted
- bossy
- bullheaded
- cocksure
- conceited
- dictatorial
- doctrinaire
- dogmatic
- hard-line
- high-handed
- inflexible
- intransigent
- obdurate
- obstinate
- one-sided
- oracular
- overbearing
- pigheaded
- positive
- pragmatic
- pragmatical
- prejudiced
- self-assertive
- set in stone
- set on
- single-minded
- tilted
- uncompromising
- unyielding
- weighted
adjective as in rigid
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adjective as in set
Strong matches
adjective as in unbending
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- aloof
- distant
- do-or-die
- dug in
- formal
- hard as nails
- hard-line
- hold one's ground
- hold the fort
- hold the line
- incompliant
- inelastic
- inexorable
- inflexible
- intractable
- obdurate
- relentless
- resolute
- set in stone
- severe
- single-minded
- standing one's ground
- standing pat
- sticking to one's guns
- stiff
- strict
- stubborn
- uncompromising
- unflexible
- unrelenting
- unswayable
- unyielding
- uptight
adjective as in unyielding
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Example Sentences
The jet stream was effectively locked in place to the north of the UK, steering rain-bearing weather systems away and allowing high pressure to dominate.
The world's two largest economies are locked in an escalating trade battle, with the Trump administration putting tariffs of 145% on most Chinese imports earlier this month.
The two warring sides have been locked in a bloody power struggle since April 2023.
It has resulted in the jet stream, which normally propels wind and rain towards us being locked in place for an extended period towards the north of the UK.
Rather than championing the idea of economic co-operation, the world's two biggest superpowers may find themselves locked in a fight for winner-takes-all economic supremacy.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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