unchangeable

English

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English unchaungeable; equivalent to un- +‎ changeable.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌnˈt͡ʃeɪnd͡ʒəbəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

unchangeable (comparative more unchangeable, superlative most unchangeable)

1. Not changeable; incapable of being changed or of changing; immutable.
   • 2025 March 5, Jo Yurcaba, “Fact-checking Trump's anti-transgender comments in his address to Congress”, in NBC News‎^[1], archived from the original on 15 April 2025:

     Less than 15 minutes in, he noted that he had signed an executive order declaring that the federal government will only recognize two unchangeable sexes, male and female, and another order banning trans women from participating in women’s sports.

   • 2025 September 2, T. Alexander, “5 Ways We Make Ourselves Less Intelligent Each Day”, in Psychology Today‎^[2]:

     Psychologists call this the entity theory of intelligence, which is simply the belief that ability is innate and unchangeable.

Derived terms

• unchangeableness
• unchangeably

Noun

unchangeable (plural unchangeables)

1. Something that cannot be changed.

Translations

incapable of being changed

• Bulgarian: неизменя́ем (bg) (neizmenjáem), неизменен (bg) (neizmenen)
• Catalan: incanviable
• French: inchangeable (fr)
• German: unveränderbar (de)
• Greek: αμετάβλητος (el) (ametávlitos)

  Ancient Greek: ἀνάλλακτος (anállaktos), ἀμετάθετος (ametáthetos), ἄτρεπτος (átreptos)

• Italian: immutabile (it), inalterabile (it)
• Middle English: unchaungeable
• Persian: دگرناپذیر
• Plautdietsch: onve'endalich
• Spanish: incambiable

References

• Noah Webster (1828), “unchangeable”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language: […], volume II (J–Z), New York, N.Y.: […] S. Converse; printed by Hezekiah Howe […], →OCLC.

Middle English

Adjective

unchangeable

1. alternative form of unchaungeable