Definition of mutable
1 : prone to change : inconstant mutable opinions
2a : capable of change or of being changed mutable lawsb : capable of or liable to mutation mutable vowels a mutable gene
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Examples of mutable in a Sentence
the government's mutable economic policies
a politician with very mutable positions on all the issues
Recent Examples of mutable from the Web
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The precedent is set: Fundamental civic freedoms are mutable in the context of the university.
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And, as his title suggests, Finch is focused squarely on this famed stretch of Massachusetts shore in all its stormy, mutable, awe-inspiring power.
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The problems start when people begin to think of mutable landforms as permanent property.
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While flags can be lowered, songs censored, mascots switched and schools renamed, monuments are the most tangible and least mutable memorial symbols.
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The self, so various and truthfully mutable in Kraus’s book, isn’t that way onscreen.
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Reshaping and retelling those stories to account for our mutable ideas is critically important.
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But how does this reasoning hold true if Claire still believes history is mutable?
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The house will contain such trademark Simpsonian accessories as the kitchen’s corn-print curtains, but apparently no living-room furniture as dangerously mutable as that featured in the animated show’s intro.
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Origin and Etymology of mutable
Middle English, from Latin mutabilis, from mutare to change; akin to Old English mīthan to conceal, Sanskrit mināti he exchanges, deceives
Other Genetics Terms
MUTABLE Defined for English Language Learners
mutable
playDefinition of mutable for English Language Learners
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: able or likely to change often
Medical Dictionary
mutable
playMedical Definition of mutable
1: capable of change or of being changed in form, quality, or nature
2: capable of or liable to mutation
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