unvarying

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Germanic *un-

Proto-West Germanic *un-

Old English un-

Middle English un-

English un-

English varying

English unvarying

From un- + varying.

Adjective

unvarying (comparative more unvarying, superlative most unvarying)

1. Persistent, constant, changeless.

   Synonyms: constant, nonchanging, unchanging; see also Thesaurus:changeless

   You can be sure of our unvarying attention.

   • 1958 April, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 268:

     In the United States, where the railways are 90 per cent. dieselised today, diesel-electric power is the unvarying rule for independent locomotive units, and the only motive power exceptions are the highly successful 600-h.p. diesel-hydraulic railcars of the Budd "RDC" type, of which between 300 and 400 are now at work.

2. Lacking variety; having a uniform character.

   Synonyms: stable; see also Thesaurus:steady

   The prizewinning carrots were of an unvarying size.

Translations

persistent, constant

• Finnish: muuttumaton (fi), jatkuva (fi)
• Polish: jednostajny (pl)
• Russian: неизме́нный (ru) (neizménnyj), неизменя́емый (ru) (neizmenjájemyj), неизменя́ющийся (neizmenjájuščijsja), постоя́нный (ru) (postojánnyj)

lacking variety; uniform

• Finnish: yhdenmukainen (fi), samanlainen (fi)
• Polish: jednolity (pl)
• Russian: единообра́зный (ru) (jedinoobráznyj)

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Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} sama (eo)
• Galician: ^{(please verify)} uniforme (gl)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} uniforme (it)
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} aequālis
• Manx: ^{(please verify)} neuchaghlaaee
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} konstant (sv), ^{(please verify)} likformig (sv)