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immutable

adjective

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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: From Middle English immutable, from Latin immūtābilis (“unchangeable”); im- + mutable.

  1. Unable to be changed without exception.

    The government has enacted an immutable law.

    Mutable as is our nature, it delights in the immutable: and we expect as much constancy as if all time, to say nothing of our own changeableness, had not shewn that ever "the fashion of this world passeth away."

  2. Not able to be altered in the memory after its value is set initially.

    Constants are immutable.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English immutable, from Latin immūtābilis (“unchangeable”); im- + mutable.

  1. Something that cannot be changed.