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unaltered

adjective
un·​al·​tered | \ ˌən-ˈȯl-tÉ™rd How to pronounce unaltered (audio) \

Definition of unaltered

: not changed into something else especially deliberately : not altered unaltered documents

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The unaltered skull likely came from a person of West Eurasian ancestry. Martin Finucane, BostonGlobe.com, "Medieval Croatian skulls indicate that people intentionally modified their head shapes. But why?," 29 Aug. 2019 Democrats led by Pelosi have insisted on receiving an unaltered version of Mueller's report. Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, "Robert Mueller to testify publicly before Congress next month," 29 May 2019 Who Goes There? is a semi-cooperative game where one side represents the unaltered human research team and the other side an infected group of hostile lifeforms. Charlie Theel, Ars Technica, "Who Goes There?: The Thing returns to the tabletop," 18 Aug. 2018 In the role of Walter Lee Younger, an African-American chauffeur from the South Side of Chicago who has just seen his hopes of self-advancement shattered once again, Francois Battiste is speaking unaltered lines from Lorraine Hansberry’s script. Ben Brantley, New York Times, "Review: ‘A Raisin in the Sun’ Burns With New Fire," 1 July 2019 Tiny igneous zircon grains within this rock fragment were fractured by the launch from Mars but otherwise unaltered for more than 4.4 billion years. Ashley Strickland, CNN, "When did life have a chance on Mars? After giant meteorites stopped hitting it 4.4 billion years ago," 24 June 2019 Created in collaboration with the All Woman Project (AWP), Benjamin Simpson, Babor's SVP of Marketing, wrote in a press release that while the campaign has been in the works for months, the need for unaltered visuals is more important than ever. Rachel Nussbaum, Glamour, "We Need More Beauty Ads Like This Totally Unretouched Skin Care Campaign," 25 Jan. 2018 If a hole is fundamentally unaltered—with comparable setups and lengths—golfers would theoretically play it the same way no matter the par number attached to it. Brian Costa, WSJ, "What Pebble Beach’s Second Hole Reveals About the Mind of a Golfer," 15 June 2019 After burial, the minute shells may recrystallize or dissolve unless they are protected by mud that blocks the flow of water, and the ones that survive as fossils are highly valuable to paleontologists because of their unaltered biominerals. Anna K. Behrensmeyer, Smithsonian, "How Do Fossils Form?," 8 June 2019

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First Known Use of unaltered

1551, in the meaning defined above

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unaltered

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English Language Learners Definition of unaltered

: not changed or altered : remaining in an original state

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