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UNALTERABLE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remaining the same for indefinitely long times
Synonyms:
changeless; unalterable
Classified under:
Similar:
unchangeable (not changeable or subject to change)
Derivation:
unalterability (the quality of being fixed and unchangeable)
unalterability (the quality of not being alterable)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of a sentence; that cannot be changed
Example:
an unalterable death sentence
Classified under:
Similar:
incommutable (not subject to alteration or change)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Not capable of being changed or altered
Example:
an unalterable ground rule
Synonyms:
inalterable; unalterable
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
incurable (unalterable in disposition or habits)
final; last (not to be altered or undone)
Antonym:
alterable (capable of being changed or altered in some characteristic)
Derivation:
unalterability (the quality of being fixed and unchangeable)
unalterability (the quality of not being alterable)
Context examples:
Greatly to the astonishment of the passengers in the street, as well as of her relations going on before, the good soul was obliged to stop and embrace me on the spot, with many protestations of her unalterable love.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
