unchangeable

adjective

un·​change·​able ˌən-ˈchān-jə-bəl How to pronounce unchangeable (audio)
: not changing or to be changed : immutable
unchangeable documents
unchangeable facts
unchangeability noun
unchangeableness noun
unchangeably adverb

Examples of unchangeable in a Sentence

I'm afraid that my opinion on this matter is unchangeable.
Recent Examples on the Web Such a system would essentially bind the hands of central bankers, like Ulysses on his mast, so that the money supply expands in a predictable and unchangeable fashion. Korok Ray, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023 Blockchain technology makes the contract immutable and unchangeable. Jerry Foster, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2023 In fact, research has shown that some trainings suggest unconscious bias is an unchangeable fact of life and imply it can therefore be ignored. Jennifer R. Grandis, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2023 For years, the cryptocurrency economy has been rife with black market sales, theft, ransomware, and money laundering—despite the strange fact that in that economy, practically every transaction is written into a blockchain’s permanent, unchangeable ledger. WIRED, 26 Jan. 2023 Photograph: Mark Torkington/Getty Images In the cryptocurrency ecosystem, coins have a story, tracked in the unchangeable blockchains underpinning their economy. WIRED, 28 Mar. 2023 The modern office once felt unchangeable. Curbed, 15 Apr. 2022 Higher levels of unemployment than Jewish Israelis, a soaring crime rate in Israeli Arab towns, a housing crunch and discriminatory government spending in vital areas like education seemed as unchangeable as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the West Bank and Gaza. Anthony David, CNN, 14 June 2021 Bitcoin offers an alternative to discretionary central bank management, with its predictable and unchangeable issuance of new money, removing humans from the money supply decision. Korok Ray, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023 See More

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Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of unchangeable was in the 14th century

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“Unchangeable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unchangeable. Accessed 6 Dec. 2023.

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unchangeable

adjective
un·​change·​able ˌən-ˈchān-jə-bəl How to pronounce unchangeable (audio)
: not changing or to be changed : immutable
unchangeable facts
unchangeableness noun
unchangeably adverb

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