unalterable

[uhn-awl-ter-uh-buhl]

un·al·ter·a·ble

[uhn-awl-ter-uh-buhl]
adjective
not capable of being altered, changed, or modified.


Origin:
1610–15; un-1 + alterable

un·al·ter·a·ble·ness, un·al·ter·a·bil·i·ty, noun
un·al·ter·a·bly, adverb
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source Link To unalterable

00:10

00:09

00:08

00:07

00:06

00:05

00:04

00:03

00:02

00:01

Unalterable has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
(used as a nonsense word by children to express approval or to represent the longest word in English.)
Collins
World English Dictionary
unalterable (ʌnˈɔːltərəbəl, -ˈɔːltrəbəl)
 
adj
(of a condition, truth, etc) unable to be changed or altered

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
Cite This Source
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature