unaltered

[ uhn-awl-terd ]

/ ʌnˈɔl tərd /

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adjective

not altered, changed, or modified: We approved the unaltered designs.

(of an animal) not neutered.

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Origin of unaltered

First recorded in 1545–55; un-¹ + alter + -ed²

Words nearby unaltered

Unalaska, Unalaska Island, unalienable, unalloyed, unalterable, unaltered, unambiguous, unambitious, unambivalent, un-American, Unami

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How to use unaltered in a sentence

Mapping where these largely unaltered sites are is the first step toward protecting them.
Only 3 percent of Earth’s land is unchanged by people|Jonathan Lambert|May 28, 2021|Science News For Students
If unaltered by certain modern farming practices, these eight grains support biodiversity.
This vegan pozole verde highlights the subtly sweet flavors of corn|Daniela Galarza|May 20, 2021|Washington Post
After a week of feeding on five genetically altered plants, all of the approximately 2,500 whiteflies were dead, compared with only about 20 percent of those that fed on unaltered plants.
A plant gene may have helped whiteflies become a major pest|Jonathan Lambert|March 25, 2021|Science News
Or, the content of an unaltered video could be false or misleading.
How to spot a fake video|Elyse Samuels, Sarah Cahlan, Emily Sabens|March 19, 2021|Washington Post

As he makes that decision, the false features realistically rendered over his real ones melt away before our eyes, revealing his unaltered face – and with it, his true identity.
Witness to the horrors in Chechnya|John Paul King|February 25, 2021|Washington Blade
So what did we discover in seeing the raw, unaltered photographs of Dunham?
The Vogue-ification of Lena Dunham|Lizzie Crocker|January 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This photo is important because here stood the World's Biggest Star, sweet and innocent, mostly unaltered, still... normal.
Bubbles Speaks|Ben Montgomery|July 5, 2009|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for unaltered

unaltered

/ (ʌnˈɔːltəd) /

adjective

not altered; unchanged

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