unchangeable

British  

/ ʌnˈtʃeɪndʒəbəl /

adjective

1. not capable of being changed or altered

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Explanation

Anything that doesn't alter or shift over time is unchangeable, like the unchangeable rules at your school or your unchangeable conviction that pistachio is the tastiest flavor of ice cream. Things that can't be changed are unchangeable, and this adjective tends to be used for describing really big ideas, like the unchangeable laws of the universe or the unchangeable nature of love. You can use it for anything that seems steadfast, firm, or permanent, like your unchangeable affection for your best friend or your sister's unchangeable insistence that she has to ride in the front seat.

Example Sentences

Unchangeable, they have not changed a hair on their distinctive prole pompadours, which are still animated by Mike Judge with deliberate crudity.

From Slate • Oct. 26, 2011

For at bottom the soul is the same in essence and unchangeable in all men, because she is an emanation from the Unchangeable.

From A History of Mediaeval Jewish Philosophy by Husik, Isaac

Unchangeable, flowing only back upon itself, stood the pillar of spray of the distant fountain dazzlingly in the air; its splashing resounded indistinctly.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 by Various

The love which he inspires lasts, for it is the love of the Unchangeable.

From Callista : a Tale of the Third Century by Newman, John Henry

Through want of power, however, it fails to act when deprived of force by the Supreme and Unchangeable.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan