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immutable
[ ih-myoo-tuh-buhl ]
adjective
- not mutable; unchangeable; changeless.
- Computers. (in object-oriented programming) of or noting an object with a fixed structure and properties whose values cannot be changed.
immutable
/ ɪˈmjuːtəbəl /
adjective
- unchanging through time; unalterable; ageless
immutable laws
Derived Forms
- imˈmutably, adverb
- imˌmutaˈbility, noun
Other Words From
- im·mu·ta·bil·i·ty [ih-myoo-t, uh, -, bil, -i-tee], im·mu·ta·ble·ness noun
- im·mu·ta·bly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of immutable1
Example Sentences
What had seemed immutable and eternal (“With the Soviet Union forever”) turned out to be a fleeting episode.
The outraged grammar stickler mistakes a convention for an immutable and fundamental law of the universe.
Journalism assumes an immutable truth, that a few more calls, a bit more reporting will tease it out of reluctant informants.
Gone, too, are the heretofore immutable protections of intellectual property rights.
As with all great movies, its truth are immutable and its fans are obsessive.
Hitherto we have been hampered at every turn by the supposed obstacle of immutable economic laws.
The laws of the Church of God remain immutable, amid the changes that overtake the various communities of men.
The principles on which the vow is made, are immutable; and while the Church is on earth, it will continue to be obligatory.
God's means are laws—fixed laws of nature, a part of His own being, and as immutable, as unchangeable as Himself.
She had reluctantly now accepted her position, and recognized her cousin's determination as immutable.
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