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单词 mutability
释义

mutable

adjective

mu·​ta·​ble ˈmyü-tə-bəl How to pronounce mutable (audio)
1
: prone to change : inconstant
mutable opinions
2
a
: capable of change or of being changed
mutable laws
b
: capable of or liable to mutation
mutable vowels
a mutable gene
mutability
ˌmyü-tə-ˈbi-lə-tē How to pronounce mutable (audio)
noun
mutably
ˈmyü-tə-blē How to pronounce mutable (audio)
adverb

Synonyms

  • capricious
  • changeable
  • changeful
  • fickle
  • flickery
  • fluctuating
  • fluid
  • inconsistent
  • inconstant
  • mercurial
  • skittish
  • temperamental
  • uncertain
  • unpredictable
  • unsettled
  • unstable
  • unsteady
  • variable
  • volatile
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Example Sentences

the government's mutable economic policies a politician with very mutable positions on all the issues
Recent Examples on the Web The finding was seen as a bracing splash of reality, needed direly in an age of climate change: Even the most seemingly intractable environment on this planet is mutable. Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2022 Also dark are the shadows cast by the interlaced ropes, which sketch complex, mutable webs on the gallery's white walls. Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 22 July 2022 The garment industry has a vested interest in ensuring that the rest of us think of clothing as disposable, or at least mutable. Amanda Mull, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2022 Ultimately, this is perhaps an exploration of the very notion of legacy, of what lives on after a person’s death, of the slippery and mutable details that might shape their memory. Claire Messud, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022 Then: a twitch, a sudden creep of yellow, and her genus’s famously mutable skin plunges deep violet. Camille Bromley, The Atlantic, 18 July 2022 Lichen is a perceptive, malleable and mutable organism. Sandra Macgregor, Forbes, 4 May 2022 The mutable Earth sign energy of a Virgo rising is most palpable in their desire to learn about themselves, others, and the world around them. Glamour, 27 May 2022 But given the interlocking complexity of mutable algorithms and stacked internal policy choices that determine how platforms actually work, effective external regulation seems far less attainable than revolt from within. Lara Putnam, Wired, 13 Mar. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Latin mutabilis, from mutare to change; akin to Old English mīthan to conceal, Sanskrit mināti he exchanges, deceives

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Medical Definition

mutable

adjective

mu·​ta·​ble ˈmyüt-ə-bəl How to pronounce mutable (audio)
1
: capable of change or of being changed in form, quality, or nature
2
: capable of or liable to mutation

mutability

noun

as in changeability

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • changeability
  • unsoundness
  • inconstancy
  • instability
  • laxness
  • precariousness
  • insecurity
  • insubstantiality
  • unsteadiness
  • looseness
  • shakiness
  • unstableness
  • slackness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • stability
  • security
  • steadiness
  • fixedness
  • fastness
  • soundness
  • firmness
  • substantiality
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