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immutable

[ ih-myoo-tuh-buh l ]

/ ɪˈmyu tə bəl /

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adjective

not mutable; unchangeable; changeless.

Origin of immutable

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English word from Latin word immūtābilis. See im-², mutable

OTHER WORDS FROM immutable

im·mu·ta·bil·i·ty, im·mu·ta·ble·ness, noun im·mu·ta·bly, adverb

Words nearby immutable

immunosuppressive, immunotherapy, immunotoxin, immunotransfusion, immure, immutable, imnsho, imo, imogene, imp, imp.

Example sentences from the Web for immutable

The outraged grammar stickler mistakes a convention for an immutable and fundamental law of the universe.

Go Ahead, End With a Preposition: Grammar Rules We All Can Live With |Nick Romeo |November 3, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Journalism assumes an immutable truth, that a few more calls, a bit more reporting will tease it out of reluctant informants.

We Interrupt This Broadcast: How a TV Producer Learned to Write Fiction |George Lerner |September 9, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
As with all great movies, its truth are immutable and its fans are obsessive.

Harold Ramis’s ‘Groundhog Day’ Is About as Perfect as a Movie Gets |Malcolm Jones |February 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Segregation felt permanent to Eddie Robinson, immutable, unchangeable.

Eddie Robinson, College Football’s Winningest Coach |Samuel G. Freedman |August 23, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Drugs respond only to the first, immutable, and supreme law of capitalism—supply and demand.

Obama’s Disingenuous War on Drugs |Mansfield Frazier |April 15, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
In the same way, philosophy is not confined to any one invariable and immutable form.

The philosophy of life, and philosophy of language, in a course of lectures |Frederick von Schlegel
The immutable law is that no one long retains any position unless he, or she, is suitable for it.

The Reason Why |Elinor Glyn
The one immutable Law of Individuality says no man owns a wife.

Happiness and Marriage |Elizabeth (Jones) Towne
Edmee's strong, sincere soul appeared before me like the stone of Sinai on which the finger of God has traced the immutable truth.

Mauprat |George Sand
In fact, their stability and impersonality are such that they have often passed as being absolutely universal and immutable.

The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life |Emile Durkheim

British Dictionary definitions for immutable

immutable

/ (ɪˈmjuːtəbəl) /

adjective

unchanging through time; unalterable; ageless immutable laws

Derived forms of immutable

immutability or immutableness, noun immutably, adverb