immutable
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.
Origin of immutable
1Other words from immutable
- im·mu·ta·bil·i·ty [ih-myoo-tuh-bil-i-tee], /ɪˌmyu təˈbɪl ɪ ti/, im·mu·ta·ble·ness, noun
- im·mu·ta·bly, adverb
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How to use immutable in a sentence
Two things are immutable about us as living, breathing organisms.
That sexual orientation is both a normal expression of human sexuality and immutable was a key part of the majority’s opinion in Obergefell, which by the way Scalia did not agree with.
Barrett dodges on same-sex marriage, downplays ties to anti-LGBTQ law firm | Chris Johnson | October 13, 2020 | Washington BladeIn a series of cases, she sought to establishsex, like race, is a visible, immutable characteristic bearing no necessary relationship to ability.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Forged A New Place For Women In The Law And Society | LGBTQ-Editor | September 23, 2020 | No Straight NewsAn insistence on the immutable value of life — one loss is too many — coupled with a look-it-could-have-been-worse.
The problem with Trump’s ‘herd mentality’ line isn’t the verbal flub. It’s the mass death. | Philip Bump | September 16, 2020 | Washington PostThe 15- to 30-second commercial break format has remained just as immutable.
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.
Go Ahead, End With a Preposition: Grammar Rules We All Can Live With | Nick Romeo | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTJournalism 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 | THE DAILY BEASTGone, too, are the heretofore immutable protections of intellectual property rights.
Van Dyke Parks on How Songwriters Are Getting Screwed in the Digital Age | Van Dyke Parks | June 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAs 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 | THE DAILY BEASTHitherto we have been hampered at every turn by the supposed obstacle of immutable economic laws.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockThe laws of the Church of God remain immutable, amid the changes that overtake the various communities of men.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamThe principles on which the vow is made, are immutable; and while the Church is on earth, it will continue to be obligatory.
The Ordinance of Covenanting | John CunninghamGod'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.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume II (of 3) | Charles James Wills
British Dictionary definitions for immutable
/ (ɪˈmjuːtəbəl) /
unchanging through time; unalterable; ageless: immutable laws
Derived forms of immutable
- immutability or immutableness, noun
- immutably, adverb
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