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Immutable may describe something that is incapable of change, but the word itself—like all words—is mutable, both capable of and prone to alteration. To put a finer point on it, if language were fixed, we wouldn’t have immutable itself, which required a variety of mutations of the Latin verb mutare (“to change”) to reach our tongues (or pens, keyboards, or touchscreens—oh the many permutations of communication!). Other English words that can be traced back to mutare include mutate, transmute, and commute. Which reminds us—the mutability of language makes great food for thought during one’s commute.
Examples of immutable in a Sentence
Susan Haigh, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2025
There are reasons to hope Trump’s approach is based on more immutable principles and sophisticated groundwork.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 13 Feb. 2025
Those are pretty much immutable facts in the TV landscape.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Feb. 2025
The birth stories describe God not as some distant, immutable force of creation – or worse, of judgment or violent destruction – but a God who enters human life vulnerable, small, and fragile.
—Lynne Silva-Breen, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
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“Immutable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/immutable. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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