changeless
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of changeless
Explanation
If something is changeless, it's permanent, staying the same over time. Your dad's routine may seem changeless, identical day after day — until the morning he decides to start raising goats in your backyard. Some things appear to be changeless, like the stars in the sky. Larger concepts are often described as changeless: your best friend might believe that morality is changeless, while you think that notions of right and wrong evolve over time. The adjective changeless is formed by adding the suffix -less, "lacking," to change, which comes from a Latin root meaning "to exchange."
Example Sentences
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But in many regards, the service industry is changeless.
From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2023
Steve Martin’s weatherman character in “L.A. Story” sometimes pre-recorded the changeless, cloudless forecast.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2022
In standard scientific cosmologies, we live on a large, stable rock governed by changeless laws of nature.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2022
Much of the appeal, as with any tradition, is its changeless character.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 30, 2020
Zeno’s puzzles appear to have been in support of Parmenides’ argument; in showing that change and motion were paradoxical, he hoped to convince people that everything is one—and changeless.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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