inalterable
/ɪnˈɔːlt(ə)rəb(ə)l
/ /ɪnˈɒlt(ə)rəb(ə)l/adjective
Unable to be changed.He explained: ‘We are facing a radical ideology with inalterable objectives: to enslave whole nations and intimidate the world.’...
- Surely an anniversary is not a matter of discretion, but determined by the stipulated period of time elapsing in its usual and inalterable course?
- Letters, numerals, dots, squiggles and lines have inalterable meaning in the eye of the reader; each new combination and arrangement of these parts carries new visual and linguistic meaning.
Derivatives
inalterability
/ /ɪnɒlt(ə)rəˈbɪlɪti / noun ...- The belief in the inalterability and permanence of the symptoms underlies the hopelessness that is one of the most painful symptoms the authors describe: ‘It is hopelessness even more than pain that crushes the soul’.
inalterably
/ /ɪnˈɒlt(ə)rəbli / adverb ...- And for those of us (a dwindling band) who as journalists covered the two conclaves that year, the memories are etched inalterably in our minds.
- But this isn't just a matter of a carefree spirit oppressed by the inalterably closed minds of a tight-knit, traditional community.
- Antoine tries to catch up with his wife at the station but is too late, leading to another bar detour and an encounter with a morose young man who inalterably changes the lives of the unhappily married couple.