unchangeable


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un·change·a·ble

 (ŭn-chān′jə-bəl)
adj.
Not to be altered; immutable: the unchangeable seasons.

un·change′a·bil′i·ty, un·change′a·ble·ness n.
un·change′a·bly adv.
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unchangeable

(ʌnˈtʃeɪndʒəbəl)
adj
not capable of being changed or altered
unˌchangeaˈbility n
unˈchangeably adv
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.unchangeable - not changeable or subject to change; "a fixed and unchangeable part of the germ plasm"-Ashley Montagu; "the unchangeable seasons"; "one of the unchangeable facts of life"
constant - steadfast in purpose or devotion or affection; "a man constant in adherence to his ideals"; "a constant lover"; "constant as the northern star"
lasting, permanent - continuing or enduring without marked change in status or condition or place; "permanent secretary to the president"; "permanent address"; "literature of permanent value"
changeful, changeable - such that alteration is possible; having a marked tendency to change; "changeable behavior"; "changeable moods"; "changeable prices"
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unchangeable

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unchangeable

adjective
Incapable of changing or being modified:
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Translations

unchangeable

[ʌnˈtʃeɪndʒəbl] ADJinalterable, inmutable
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unchangeable

[ˌʌnˈtʃeɪndʒəbəl] adjimmuable
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unchangeable

adj, unchangeably
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References in classic literature ?
So without least impulse or shadow of Fate, Or aught by me immutablie foreseen, They trespass, Authors to themselves in all Both what they judge and what they choose; for so I formd them free, and free they must remain, Till they enthrall themselves: I else must change Thir nature, and revoke the high Decree Unchangeable, Eternal, which ordain'd Thir freedom, they themselves ordain'd thir fall.
With the most intense interest had I watched the reception his intercession might receive; and a bitter pang shot through my heart at the additional evidence, now furnished, of the unchangeable determination of the islanders.
Up on the heights, battalions of black pines witnessed the change, themselves unchangeable. Either country was spanned by a cloudless sky, and in either arose the tinkle of church bells.
These characteristics, fixed and unchangeable as bone in Mr.
'The four-and-twenty Lincoln greens turned pale, with the exception of their four-and-twenty noses, which were unchangeable.
"Unchanged indeed," he answered,--"unchangeable, I think almost that I might now say.
But although the gods are themselves unchangeable, still by witchcraft and deception they may make us think that they appear in various forms?
"`God is a spirit, infinite, eternal and unchangeable, in His being, wisdom, power, holiness, justice, goodness, and truth,'" responded Anne promptly and glibly.
We are old friends now, united in that unchangeable friendship which is born and cemented amidst extreme dangers.
Never did I learn even to do simple sums!--Your faithful and unchangeable friend,
And the royal master of high latitudes sighs mightily, with the sinking sun upon his breast and the double-edged sword upon his knees, as if wearied by the innumerable centuries of a strenuous rule and saddened by the unchangeable aspect of the ocean under his feet - by the endless vista of future ages where the work of sowing the wind and reaping the whirlwind shall go on and on till his realm of living waters becomes a frozen and motionless ocean.
He came back to reality, after such reveries, with a somewhat muffled shock; he had begun to feel the need of accepting the unchangeable. At other times the reality became an infamy again and the unchangeable an imposture, and he gave himself up to his angry restlessness till he was weary.