unaltered

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adjective

Remaining in its initial state; not changed.

Less commonScrabble 10

Meanings

adjectiveunaltered (not comparable)
  1. not comparableRemaining in its initial state; not changed.

    But beyond these cut-offs, to avoid the wholesale alteration of all mileposting and mileages—of bridges and culverts, for example—the original mileposts have remained unaltered.

    1946 July and August, “Mileposts and their Peculiarities”, in Railway Magazine, page 217
    3 more examples

    "A first love is not easily extinguished, Mr. Allanson," said she. "You may guess from my appearance, that I have been fortunate in life; but, for all that, my first love for you has continued the same, unaltered and unchanged, and you must forgive the little freedoms I used to-day to try your affections, and the effects my appearance would have on you."

    1828, James Hogg, Mary Burnet

    Pat found subject and scene of his wooing unaltered, but all his specious blandishments could not induce the matured matron of 'Gi' Away Nothin' 'All' to join fortunes, though his perseverance would have delighted Bruce's spider.

    1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 187

    The new yearbooks at Wall Township High School in Wall, New Jersey – with the original, unaltered photos – will be available for students to pick up in about two weeks, Cheryl Dyer, the superintendent of Wall Township schools, said in a letter to students and parents.

    2017 June 16, Doug Criss and Ellie Kaufman, “School issues new yearbooks after Trump’s name is removed from photos”, in CNN

    Synonyms: unchanged

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveRemaining in its initial state; not changed.

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More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveremaining in an original state

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishaltered
  9. Englishunaltered

From un- + altered.

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Translations

Bulgarian непроменен
  • непроменен (nepromenen)remaining in its initial state
Catalan inalterat
  • inalteratremaining in its initial state
Dutch ongewijzigd
  • ongewijzigdremaining in its initial state
Finnish entisellään
  • entiselläänremaining in its initial state
French inaltéré
  • inaltéréremaining in its initial state
German unverändert
  • unverändertremaining in its initial state
Greek αμετάβλητος
  • αμετάβλητος (ametávlitos)remaining in its initial state
Italian inalterato
  • inalteratoremaining in its initial state
Portuguese inalterado
  • inalteradoremaining in its initial state
Spanish inalterado
  • inalteradoremaining in its initial state

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APA

unaltered. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unaltered

MLA

“unaltered.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unaltered. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unaltered,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unaltered.

Source: unaltered on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.