unaltered

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ altered.

Adjective

unaltered (not comparable)

1. Remaining in its initial state; not changed.
   • 1828, James Hogg, Mary Burnet:

     "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."

   • 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:

     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.

   • 1946 July and August, “Mileposts and their Peculiarities”, in Railway Magazine, page 217:

     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.

Synonyms

• unchanged

Antonyms

• altered
• changed

Translations

remaining in its initial state

• Bulgarian: непроменен (bg) (nepromenen)
• Catalan: inalterat
• Dutch: ongewijzigd (nl)
• Finnish: entisellään (fi)
• French: inaltéré (fr)
• Galician: inalterado
• German: unverändert (de)
• Greek: αμετάβλητος (el) m (ametávlitos)
• Italian: inalterato (it)
• Portuguese: inalterado
• Spanish: inalterado (es)

Anagrams

• unalerted, unrelated