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adjective

immutable

unchanging over time or unable to be changed

In a sentence

Six example sentences with immutable, each labelled with its topic.

  • The ledger is immutable, so a correction has to arrive as a new entry rather than an edit.

    Technology

  • Ancient writers treated the heavens as immutable, which made a new comet genuinely alarming rather than merely interesting.

    Philosophy

  • Constitutional drafters rarely intend an immutable rule, which is why nearly every charter includes a procedure for amendment.

    Law

  • Physicists treat the speed of light as immutable, and every experiment since 1905 has left that constant exactly where it was.

    Science

  • The trust's payout schedule is immutable, so the heirs cannot touch the principal even when the market falls by half.

    Finance

  • Students who believe intelligence is immutable give up on hard problems faster than those who expect to improve with practice.

    Psychology

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