unchanging

adjective

un·​chang·​ing ˌən-ˈchān-jiŋ How to pronounce unchanging (audio)
: constant, invariable
unchanging beliefs
unchangingly adverb
unchangingness noun

Examples of unchanging in a Sentence

took comfort in unchanging family traditions wore an unchanging expression of boredom throughout the entire lecture
Recent Examples on the Web First, streaks require unchanging performance and temporal parameters. Danny Weathers, Discover Magazine, 1 Jan. 2024 Sauron, as a malicious agent in Tolkien’s works, catered to the innermost desires of both elves and men, stirring in the former a quest for an unchanging paradise and arousing in the latter a quest for eternal reward on earth. Jack Butler, National Review, 31 Dec. 2023 Because one gas thickened precisely where the other gas thinned, the overall electron density of both types together — and therefore the overall charge and electric field — would remain neutral and unchanging. Charlie Wood, Quanta Magazine, 9 Oct. 2023 The unchanging form is us as nine, as NCT 127, our values and identity. Taylor Glasby, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2023 Its decision-making process is grounded in an unchanging model of the world, unfazed by the dynamic, nuanced social interactions constantly influencing human behavior. Mark Bailey, The Conversation, 13 Sep. 2023 But from a terrestrial perspective, the celestial sphere appears essentially unchanging. Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 29 Aug. 2023 Atop the unchanging schist, the people replaced each other, the ethnic tribes from all over trading places in the tenements and townhouses, which in turn fell and were replaced by the next buildings. Lawrence Jackson, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023 If a vacation is merely the pursuit of unchanging change, an embrace of nothing, why insist on its meaning? Agnes Callard, The New Yorker, 24 June 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1587, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of unchanging was in 1587

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“Unchanging.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unchanging. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

unchanging

adjective
un·​chang·​ing ˌən-ˈchān-jiŋ How to pronounce unchanging (audio)
: not changing or capable of change : constant
unchanging beliefs

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