unmodifiable

Examples

• All

• Phenomenologically, an event becomes inaccessible (and unmodifiable)

  Academic text (1998)

• I could perfectly see them making future phones unmodifiable or shipping with spyware.

  Blog text (27)

• Much of the research conducted thus far has identified unmodifiable risk factors, such as age, gender, race, and urban or rural setting, and has not focused on prevention strategies.

  Academic text (2005)

• Because HiStar has no notion of superuser yet allows any software to create protection domains, nothing prevents a buggy thread from allocating resources in some new, unobservable, unmodifiable protection domain.

  Academic text (2011)

• By means of pamphlets, public lectures, and later even films, the Committee sought to persuade the world that homosexuals were an unjustly persecuted sort of nature, who could not be blamed for their innate and unmodifiable sexual orientation.

  Academic text (1995)

• This conception of intelligence stresses trainability, or the demonstrated ability to profit from learning experiences (Corman & Budoff, 1973), in contrast to a more traditional view of intelligence as fixed and unmodifiable.

  Academic text (1990)

• Some genetic traits are unmodifiable and remain constant throughout a person's life.

• The terms of the contract are unmodifiable without the agreement of all parties involved.

Synonyms

I

irreversible

vsunmodifiable

46 6.0

Not able to be changed back to how it was

describes permanent change rather than general unchangeability

I

immutable

vsunmodifiable

• Specialized

14 7.3

No one can change it after it is made

uses general change language rather than stressing timelessness

U

unchangeable

vsunmodifiable

5 4.0

You cannot make it different

means the same idea using a more detailed list of limits

U

unshakeable

vsunmodifiable

• UK

4 4.4

Very firm and cannot be changed or weakened

describes inability to be modified as a state, not a stubborn attitude

U

unalterable

vsunmodifiable

2 6.4

Impossible to change

expresses the same fixed quality in broader wording

U

unbendable

vsunmodifiable

1 7.0

Not willing to change your mind even under pressure

describes an unchangeable quality itself rather than personal resolve

I

inalterable

vsunmodifiable

1 7.4

Not able to be changed later

has identical meaning but is the more general descriptive term

I

incommutable

vsunmodifiable

9.9

Not able to be changed or replaced

focuses on inability to modify form rather than substitution limits

I

inconvertible

vsunmodifiable

9.3

You cannot change it into another form

applies to change in general, not only conversion between forms

U

untransmutable

vsunmodifiable

• Specialized

9.9

Cannot change into a different form or substance

covers inability to change more broadly, not only conversion

U

unmalleable

vsunmodifiable

9.0

Too hard to shape or bend

is broader, covering all kinds of change beyond physical shaping

U

unbudgeable

vsunmodifiable

• Informal

8.4

Impossible to move or change

speaks generally about inability to modify rather than physical immobility

U

unmaneuverable

vsunmodifiable

• US

8.4

Hard to control or change

states inherent inability to be altered rather than practical control issues

I

irreformable

vsunmodifiable

9.5

Something you cannot change or fix

refers to fixed changeability broadly rather than reform or correction

U

unswayable

vsunmodifiable

8.7

A person who does not change their opinion when others try to persuade them

applies to changeability of form or strength rather than persuasion

Antonyms

M

modifiable

1 5.1

Can be changed to fit new needs

How Changeable

changeable

8 3.5

variable

67 3.6

unmodifiable

7.1

immutable

• Specialized

14 7.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology