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inalterable

[ in-awl-ter-uh-buhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

inalterable

/ ɪnˈɔːltərəbəl /

First recorded in 1535–45; in- ³ + alterable

Its chief use at present is for making the inalterable nibs of the so-named rhodium pens.

She wanted him to remain a changeless type, tolerant of alteration, but in itself inalterable.

Month after month, the appearance of the magazine was punctual, inalterable as the courses of the moon.

There must be no court, no gang, no traditional inalterable tribunal.

Is it your opinion that men's acts proceed from one central and unchanging and inalterable impulse, or from a variety of impulses?

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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