unaltered
Americanadjective
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not altered, changed, or modified.
We approved the unaltered designs.
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(of an animal) not neutered.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of unaltered
Explanation
Unaltered means unchanged. If your parents’ poor opinion of your boyfriend remains unaltered no matter how polite he is or how early he brings you home, it may be because of his tattoos and motorcycle. Unaltered is the opposite of altered, meaning to adjust or change. If you meet a friend you haven't seen in ten years, and she looks the same as you remember, you might exclaim at how unaltered she seems. If you buy a pair of pants that need to be hemmed, you won't be able to wear them in their unaltered state.
Vocabulary lists containing unaltered
Shake It Up: Alter
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Example Sentences
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In fact, cash levels remained unaltered from March at 4.3%, still some way off the panicky highs of 4.8% in April 2025 and 6.3% in October 2022.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 14, 2026
Some additional post-production work had to be done on the interview footage, but the audio of the concert footage is, for the most part, she says, unaltered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 24, 2026
Used in that sense, the word began to circulate in French—and then, unaltered, in both German and English—in the second half of the 19th century.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2025
The problem was that under EU law, "natural mineral water" – which sells at a huge premium over tap water – is supposed to be unaltered between the underground source and the bottle.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2025
The white steps going up are still the same, the main entrance is unaltered.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
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