unaltered

adjective

un·​al·​tered ˌən-ˈȯl-tərd 

1

: in an original state : not changed or altered

unaltered documents

Ancient materials should still be accessible from the surface, and we would expect them to be relatively unaltered by geological processes.

—Christopher P. McKay et al.

2

: not castrated or spayed : intact

If the substance builds up on the fur, a bacterial infection may occur. Unaltered male cats seem most prone to this problem …

—Margaret Reister

Examples of unaltered in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That position had remained unaltered for nineteen years, and the changes that day were presented as a clarification of a policy that was perhaps too vague and hard to define. — Literary Hub, 17 July 2026

According to Spencer, groundbreaking results like this rarely remain unaltered for long. — Sam MacDonald, Scientific American, 15 July 2026

About two decades ago, the feminist website Jezebel, in one of its first posts, offered ten thousand dollars to anyone who could provide the original, unaltered version of a recent glossy-magazine cover photo. — Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 11 July 2026

Not only is Earth's closest celestial neighbor a pristine time capsule ripe for study – preserved almost unaltered throughout the course of billions of years – but the moon is viewed as a stepping stone for human exploration deeper into the cosmos. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 1 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1551, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for unaltered

• altered
• faltered