unmodifiedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈmɒdᵻfʌɪd/, U.S. /ˌənˈmɑdəˌfaɪd/ Not modified (in various senses).
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the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > [adjective] > unchanged
unwharvedc1175
unchangeda1387
inreformed1548
unaltered1551
unalterate1568
uninfringed1610
unbettered1628
immute1639
unimproved1665
untransmuted1666
same1667
unmodified1668
invarieda1676
fixeda1699
constantc1710
immutate1788
underanged1817
unsuperseded1857
1668 H. More Divine Dialogues i. iii. xv. 407 The Religion of the Superlapsarians, the Object whereof is Infinite Power unmodified by either Justice or Goodness.
1769 J. Langhorne Frederic & Pharamond ii. 70 He..sustains himself by plain and unmodified Aliments.
1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina v. 48 The marvellous scenes of primitive nature, as yet unmodified by the hand of man.
1824 S. E. Brydges Lett. on Byron viii. 63 They are the first and unmodified impressions of a most powerful mind.
1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man II. ii. xiii. 67 We have seen that some birds..rattle their unmodified feathers together.
1931 Amer. Mercury Feb. 205/1 There is a second difficulty with the rule, or tendency, which allows us to use the unmodified verb as a noun.
2006 E. Flint 1824: Arkansas War (2007) xv. 174 No settlers had moved into this part of the Delta yet, and the natural landscape was essentially unmodified.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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