unaltered

adjective

un·​al·​tered ˌən-ˈȯl-tərd 

1

: in an original state : not changed or altered

unaltered documents

Ancient materials should still be accessible from the surface, and we would expect them to be relatively unaltered by geological processes.

—Christopher P. McKay et al.

2

: not castrated or spayed : intact

If the substance builds up on the fur, a bacterial infection may occur. Unaltered male cats seem most prone to this problem …

—Margaret Reister

Examples of unaltered in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Other terms in the draft beyond security remained mostly unaltered from a previous draft on Monday. —Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025

Chutkan went on to highlight the judiciary’s work in holding over 1,000 rioters accountable, emphasizing that the historical record of these cases must remain unaltered as a testament and warning. —Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Jan. 2025

But the model trained on unaltered English text learned much faster and performed better at the end than all the others, with one exception: The model trained on word hop, which replaces certain verb suffixes with special characters four words away, fared approximately as well. —Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 13 Jan. 2025

Darnold’s diligence and accountability raised expectations and refined an approach that is unaltered, regardless of last Sunday’s result against the Detroit Lions. —Alec Lewis, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1551, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for unaltered

• altered
• faltered