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Conventional wisdom tells us to avoid taking unalterable action while at a low point in life. I have never been conventional.
Therese Fowler

Meaning of "unalterable" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNALTERABLE

unalterable  [ʌnˈɔːltərəbəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNALTERABLE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unalterable is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNALTERABLE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unalterable in the English dictionary

The definition of unalterable in the dictionary is unable to be changed or altered.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNALTERABLE


alterable
ˈɔːltərəbəl
comparable
ˈkɒmpərəbəl
considerable
kənˈsɪdərəbəl
desirable
dɪˈzaɪərəbəl
durable
ˈdjʊərəbəl
filterable
ˈfɪltərəbəl
flatterable
ˈflætərəbəl
inalterable
ɪnˈɔːltərəbəl
inutterable
ɪnˈʌtərəbəl
memorable
ˈmɛmərəbəl
motorable
ˈməʊtərəbəl
nonfilterable
ˌnɒnˈfɪltərəbəl
registerable
ˈrɛdʒɪstərəbəl
scatterable
ˈskætərəbəl
slaughterable
ˈslɔːtərəbəl
unbetterable
ʌnˈbɛtərəbəl
unfilterable
ʌnˈfɪltərəbəl
unsplinterable
ʌnˈsplɪntərəbəl
unutterable
ʌnˈʌtərəbəl
utterable
ˈʌtərəbəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNALTERABLE

unalienated
unaligned
unalike
unalist
unalive
unallayed
unalleged
unalleviated
unallied
unallocated
unallotted
unallowable
unallowed
unalloyed
unalluring
unalterability
unalterableness
unalterably
unaltered
unaltering

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNALTERABLE

able
admirable
adorable
favourable
honorable
honourable
incomparable
incurable
inseparable
measurable
miserable
parable
pleasurable
preferable
recoverable
tolerable
transferable
unbearable
undesirable
venerable
wearable

Synonyms and antonyms of unalterable in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «UNALTERABLE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «unalterable» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of unalterable

Translation of «unalterable» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNALTERABLE

Find out the translation of unalterable to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unalterable from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unalterable» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

不可改变
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

inalterable
570 millions of speakers

English

unalterable
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अटल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غير قابل للتغيير
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неизменное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

inalterável
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অপরিবর্তনীয়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

inaltérable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak boleh diubah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unveränderlich
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

不変の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

불변
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unalterable
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không thay đổi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மாற்றமுடியாத
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अचल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

değiştirilemez
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

inalterabile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niezmienny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

незмінне
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

inalterabil
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αναλλοίωτα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onveranderlike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

oföränderlig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ufravikelig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unalterable

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNALTERABLE»

The term «unalterable» is normally little used and occupies the 111.820 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNALTERABLE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unalterable

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4 QUOTES WITH «UNALTERABLE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word unalterable.
1
Therese Fowler
Conventional wisdom tells us to avoid taking unalterable action while at a low point in life. I have never been conventional.
2
Henri Nouwen
The real enemies of our life are the 'oughts' and the 'ifs.' They pull us backward into the unalterable past and forward into the unpredictable future. But real life takes place in the here and now.
3
John Pearson
Thirdly, Death is nothing else but a change of a short and temporary for an unalterable and eternal condition.
4
Alex Tabarrok
I utterly reject the view that the Third World is doomed to poverty and starvation. Not only is this wrong, I think this attitude verges on the immoral, like thinking that slavery is an unalterable facet of the human condition so why bother doing anything about it?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNALTERABLE»

Discover the use of unalterable in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unalterable and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Why Men Don't Iron: The Fascinating and Unalterable ...
Arguing that fundamental gender attitudes are hard-wired into the brain rather than culturally conditioned, a radical reinterpretation of gender "science" offers physiological explanations for differences in weight loss, mathematical acuity ...
Anne Moir, Bill Moir, 2003
2
Tell My People the Unalterable, Inconvenient Truths
Although the contents of this book, TELL MY PEOPLE THE UNALTERABLE, INCONVENIENT TRUTHS, are sobering and serious, by Faith I am trusting that it has been a source of information, inspiration, revelation, and many BLESSINGS for ...
Mary L. Johnson-Gordon
3
Determination of the Motion of the Solar System in Fixed ...
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
Martin Gardiner, 2010
4
The British pulpit: a collection of sermons by the most ...
O the tremendous thought — an unalterable eternity ! How shall I speak of it ? How shall I magnify it ? How shall I represent it to your mind or my own ? I have sometimes thought of the amazing responsibilities of the preacher's office ; and they ...
‎1844
5
Race and Ethnicity: Across Time, Space, and Discipline
As illustrated in the research on multiracial individuals, race is not an unalterable characteristic of an individual. Historically, racial categories have been constructed from false, illogical, and mythical assumptions regarding the biological, ...
Rodney D. Coates, 2004
6
Congressional Serial Set
If so, are you unalterable in jour purpose not to intrust the work with anyone unless he be a resident of the District of Columbia? 3. Are you unalterable in your purpose not to permit the President to select a rent administrator for the District of  ...
‎1917
7
Action, Intention, and Reason
For given determinism, our actions can be causally traced backward to unalterable past events. Indeed, if the causes of my writing this have occurred and are thus unalterable, and if they nomically imply my writing it, then my doing so is ...
Robert Audi, 1993
8
Discourses Against the Arians
How shall the alterable possibly be like the Unalterable? How should he who has seen the alterable, be considered to have seen the Unalterable? At what state must He arrive, for us to be able to behold in Him the Father? For it is plain that ...
Athanasius of Alexandria
9
A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the ...
For the Father is unalterable and unchangeable, and is always in the same state and the same ; but if, as they hold, the Son is alterable, and not always the same, but of an ever-changing nature, how can such a one be the Father's Image, not ...
Philip Schaff, Henry Wace, 1892
10
The Value(s) of Literature
it is a necessity, and it is based upon "the unalterable necessity / Of being this unalterable animal." We cannot escape from our animal natures, even if we can think and imagine; even more, we cannot escape from the unalterability of our ...
James S. Hans, 1990

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNALTERABLE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unalterable is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Data Storage Corporation Announces "Smart Archiving"
Message Logic--Organizations worldwide are faced with the requirements to store all employee emails as unalterable corporate records, with a set retention ... «Benzinga, Jul 15»
2
Update on proposed changes to British Columbia's Society Act
Unalterable Provisions. Under the current Society Act, the constitution of a society may include "unalterable" provisions. Unalterable provisions often deal with ... «Lexology, Jul 15»
3
BC Society Alert: New Societies Act Coming!
Unalterable Provisions & Special Resolutions – Most societies are well aware of the threshold for special resolutions, currently set at 75% or more of votes cast. «Mondaq News Alerts, May 15»
4
Court rules on whether unalterable provisions in a constitution can …
In this case, the Vancouver Opera Foundation (“Foundation”) had applied to the Court for an order amending certain “unalterable” provisions in its constitution ... «Lexology, Apr 15»
5
A Classic Love Poem Wracked by Its Own Contradictions
pestling the unalterable whey of words. Muldoon says: “Why go to the effort of establishing the metaphorical system of churning butter and then appeal to the ... «Slate Magazine, Jan 15»
6
Apple Reverses Course, Allows Transmit to Reinstate 'Send To …
Apple asked Panic to remove the feature, but unfortunately, due to an unalterable Share Sheet, sending files to iCloud Drive was tied to sending files to other ... «Mac Rumors, Dec 14»
7
Justices Grill M&G In Retiree Health Care Benefits Battle
“A promise of unalterable, costly health care benefits should be negotiated at the bargaining table, not imposed at the courthouse. In a series of cases, the Sixth ... «Law360, Nov 14»
8
Fighting the entitlement mentality in US universities
In employing this strategy public institutions appear to have simply added all of their existing costs and subsequently treated them as unalterable. The second ... «University World News, Oct 14»
9
Would the UK be a happier or more sinister if the police routinely …
... the record was indeed unalterable) as follows: "The police electronic notebook, an unalterable record of what the officer or surveillance system saw and heard, ... «ComputerWeekly.com, Sep 14»
10
A Pot That Unfolds As Your Plant Grows
As an alternative to the rigid and unalterable pots that are in most of our houses, she has created the Fold Pot: a pot that grows along with the plant inside it. «Co.Design, Aug 14»

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