Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Remaining in an original state: Not altered or modified; staying the same as it was initially.
   • Persisting unaltered through time: Continuing to exist without any change over a period.
   • Not made or become different: Having the same form, nature, or condition as before.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The policy has remained unchanged for decades.
  • Despite the renovations, the building's historic facade is unchanged.
  • Her opinion on the matter is unchanged from our last discussion.

Advanced Usage

• "to remain unchanged": To continue to be the same without alteration.
  • The core principles of the organization have remained unchanged since its founding.
• "to leave something unchanged": To decide not to alter or modify something.
  • The editor decided to leave the final paragraph unchanged.

Variants and Related Words

• Unchanging (adj): Not changing; constant.
  • The unchanging laws of physics.
• Change (v/n): The act or instance of making or becoming different. (This is the root word from which 'unchanged' is formed by adding the prefix 'un-'.)

Synonyms

• Unaltered: Not changed.
• Constant: Remaining the same over time.
• Static: Lacking in movement, action, or change.

Antonyms

• Changed: Made or become different.
• Altered: Changed in character or composition.
• Modified: Changed in form or character.

Notes on Usage

• The word unchanged is typically used as a predicate adjective (e.g., "The data is unchanged") or attributively before a noun (e.g., "the unchanged version of the document").
• It describes a state of no change, which can be positive (stability, preservation) or negative (stagnation, lack of progress), depending on context.

Adjective

1. remaining in an original state
   • persisting unaltered through time
2. not made or become different
   • the causes that produced them have remained unchanged