UNALTERED Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

unaltered

adjective

Definition of unaltered

as in untouched

not changed or altered; remaining in an original state unaltered photographs an unaltered landscape

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Recent Examples of unaltered But even the raw, unaltered Last Waltz footage doesn’t capture anything like a typical Band concert since there were so many guests, and the entire thing was constructed for a movie. — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 20 July 2026 That position had remained unaltered for nineteen years, and the changes that day were presented as a clarification of a policy that was perhaps too vague and hard to define. — Literary Hub, 17 July 2026 According to Spencer, groundbreaking results like this rarely remain unaltered for long. — Sam MacDonald, Scientific American, 15 July 2026 About two decades ago, the feminist website Jezebel, in one of its first posts, offered ten thousand dollars to anyone who could provide the original, unaltered version of a recent glossy-magazine cover photo. — Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 11 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for unaltered

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Adjective

And the scenery that captivated both men’s imaginations remains largely untouched.

— Nick Scott, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2026
The result is a politics in which almost everyone agrees that reform is urgently needed, provided someone else pays, and their own group’s advantages remain untouched.

— Nicholas Bequelin, Time, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of untouched

Adjective

Unlike airport security employees who worked without pay for weeks, most ICE and Border Patrol operations continued largely unimpaired due to the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

— Sam Gringlas, NPR, 13 Apr. 2026
What might someone with unimpaired vision see when looking at Dorothy?

— Lili Anolik, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026

Definition of unimpaired

Adjective

Even though Scottish Water already recycled uncontaminated sample bottles, the Generations technology offers a much better way to process large volumes of the waste.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026
The city's website also includes guidelines regarding the disposal of sandbags — only dry and uncontaminated bags should be reused, and those that have been exposed to floodwaters should be placed in residents' bulk trash piles for collection.

— Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 28 May 2026

Definition of uncontaminated

Adjective

Seghers transforms Cooper into another of her restless desperadoes—a Vietnam vet in quest of an unspoiled world.

— Alex Ross, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Thompson’s work is more personal, painted from the perspective of a hiker passing through an open space, looking up and around at the buttes and the flora, exploring unspoiled ground in search of some spiritual connection to nature.

— Ray Mark Rinaldi, Denver Post, 5 Oct. 2026

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