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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.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Remaining in its initial state; not changed.
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:"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: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:
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Translations (11)
fr inaltéré (remaining in its initial state) · gl inalterado (remaining in its initial state) · bg непроменен (remaining in its initial state) · ca inalterat (remaining in its initial state) · nl ongewijzigd (remaining in its initial state) · it inalterato (remaining in its initial state) · el αμετάβλητος (remaining in its initial state) · de unverändert (remaining in its initial state) · es inalterado (remaining in its initial state) · fi entisellään (remaining in its initial state) · pt inalterado (remaining in its initial state)