unchanged
Britishadjective
Explanation
If something is unchanged, it's exactly the same as it was earlier. If your grandmother's home is unchanged, it still has the same paisley curtains and orange shag carpeting she purchased in the 1970s. When you visit an old friend you haven't seen in years and find him a foot taller and sporting a new beard, you might say, "You've changed!" If, however, your friend looks and acts in exactly the same way he did in the past, he's unchanged. Because many things change constantly, it can be a pleasant surprise to find unchanged things, from landscapes to people to your dad's famous apple pie.
Example Sentences
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On the other hand, Dutta said, Warsh could probably get the committee to back holding rates unchanged in July.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026
In the end, Kocherlakota said the Fed had room to keep rates unchanged in July, with the cool consumer inflation data in June supporting a “wait-and-see” stance.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 25, 2026
Jarden has an unchanged target price of 250.00 Australian dollars on the stock.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
This might cause brief confusion for businesses shipping goods during the window, but the bigger picture is unchanged.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
But this was not because they were unchanged holdovers from humankind’s ancient past but because smallpox and influenza laid waste to their villages in the 1920s.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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