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unaltered

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: AH0 N AO1 L T ER0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Remaining in its initial state; not changed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

remaining in an original state

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • persisting unaltered through time

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unchanged

Antonyms: altered

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English altered English unaltered From un- + altered.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: непроменен (nepromenen) — remaining in its initial state
  • Catalan: inalterat — remaining in its initial state
  • Dutch: ongewijzigd — remaining in its initial state
  • Finnish: entisellään — remaining in its initial state
  • French: inaltéré — remaining in its initial state
  • Galician: inalterado — remaining in its initial state
  • German: unverändert — remaining in its initial state
  • Greek: αμετάβλητος (ametávlitos) — remaining in its initial state
  • Italian: inalterato — remaining in its initial state
  • Portuguese: inalterado — remaining in its initial state
  • Spanish: inalterado — remaining in its initial state