unbudgeable

[ uhn-buhj-uh-buhl ]

adjective

1. incapable of being budged budge or changed; inflexible:

   an unbudgeable opinion.

Other Words From

• un·budgea·bili·ty un·budgea·ble·ness noun
• un·budgea·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of unbudgeable¹

First recorded in 1925–30; un- ¹ + budge ¹ + -able

Example Sentences

He was having trouble breaking into the biggest corridas, colliding with some unbudgeable barrier that he couldn’t comprehend.

From New York Times

Pressed for more, Segel was unbudgeable.

From New York Times

No matter how much some Republicans may disagree with Trump’s methods, his style and his atrocious rhetoric — a daily slaughter of the English language heretofore confined to kindergartens and saloons — the GOP’s base is unbudgeable.

From Washington Post

Some on the left were hopeful that the unsullied voices of teenagers, cutting through the usual tussle over whether gun control advocates were politicizing a tragedy, would move previously unbudgeable lawmakers.

From New York Times

He still recalls a drill during Little League practice, when Jonathan wasn’t more than 9 or 10, in which each youngster had to punch a bag attached to a contraption that made it pop back up — a child’s tackling dummy, designed to mimic an unbudgeable lineman.

From Washington Post