obstinate
stubbornly unwilling to change opinion or behavior
Word origin: From Latin obstinare, to persist.
Obstinate in a sentence
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Her obstinate refusal to delegate eventually exhausted the whole team.
The negotiations stalled because both delegations remained obstinate, refusing even minor concessions.
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The new intern was so blank that she completed in two days a backlog her predecessor had let pile up for weeks.
Using “obstinate” well
Obstinate means stubbornly resistant to changing one's opinion or course, usually with a critical edge. It implies an unreasonable firmness rather than principled resolve.
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