unmodified

adjective

un·​mod·​i·​fied ˌən-ˈmä-də-ˌfīd How to pronounce unmodified (audio)
: not altered or modified
an unmodified engine
… a right to be born with an unmodified genetic code …Kelsey Dallas

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That patch lives on largely unmodified, the way chunks of ancient versions of Windows, including that blue screen of death, still occasionally poke out of today’s PCs. Jonathan L. Zittrain, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024 Remember, people only had between 60 ms and 70 ms to look at each image and make a decision: An unmodified image of a dog, an adversarial image of a dog that is misidentified by humans and computers as a cat, and an image with the perturbation layer flipped vertically for use as a control. IEEE Spectrum, 28 Feb. 2018 Developed by scientists from MIT and the Netherlands' Delft University of Technology, the process utilizes an unmodified two-nozzle 3D printer, along with a single polymer print media that contains a heat-sensitive active ingredient. Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 11 Oct. 2024 In contrast, rival SpaceX has already launched about 100 satellites to power its cellular Starlink system, which is also designed to beam data to unmodified phones. Michael Kan, PCMAG, 25 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for unmodified 

Word History

First Known Use

1668, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of unmodified was in 1668

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“Unmodified.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unmodified. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.

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