unmodified

adjective

un·​mod·​i·​fied ˌən-ˈmä-də-ˌfīd How to pronounce unmodified (audio)
: not altered or modified
an unmodified engine
… a right to be born with an unmodified genetic code …Kelsey Dallas

Examples of unmodified in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web An unmodified Dragon 2 spacecraft would probably not have the propulsive capability to accomplish this task. Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 27 June 2024 Screenshot by Tom Warren / The Verge For everything else, Microsoft does have some tools for power users that might improve app compatibility on Arm with existing unmodified x86 or x64 apps. Tom Warren, The Verge, 26 June 2024 State auditors followed up on findings that caused unmodified opinions and determined that the agency took the necessary steps to address the adverse opinion. Tom Joyce | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 17 June 2024 The scientists created 131 embryos that carried a genetic mutation that causes hypertrophic cardiomyopathy—a condition that can lead to sudden and unexpected heart attacks but has few other symptoms—and attempted to correct the mutation in 112 of them (leaving 19 as unmodified controls). Brendan P. Foht, Foreign Affairs, 14 Aug. 2017 See all Example Sentences for unmodified 

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Word History

First Known Use

1668, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unmodified was in 1668

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“Unmodified.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unmodified. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.

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