Mutable
adjective
Able to change or be changed.
Human character is mutable and can be influenced by different factors.
adjective
Subject to alteration or change.
In this programming language, the mutable data types can be modified after they are created.
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Formal
Technical
adjective
Capable of changing its form or nature.
The virus is mutable and has developed resistance to many drugs.
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Formal
Technical
adjective
Able to change or be changed.
Human character is mutable and can be influenced by different factors.
adjective
Subject to alteration or change.
In this programming language, the mutable data types can be modified after they are created.
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
adjective
Capable of changing its form or nature.
The virus is mutable and has developed resistance to many drugs.
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Nuance
Though neutral, 'mutable' can imply weakness in characters when flexibility goes too far.
His mutable nature makes him an easy target for peer pressure.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Positive
'Mutable' doesn't always mean improvement; changes can be for worse.
The mutable regulations often lead to confusion rather than clarity.
Pro Tip 3/3Broader Context
Use 'mutable' to describe non-physical things like ideas or plans that can change.
Our strategy is mutable; we can adapt it as the project develops.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Nuance
Though neutral, 'mutable' can imply weakness in characters when flexibility goes too far.
His mutable nature makes him an easy target for peer pressure.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Positive
'Mutable' doesn't always mean improvement; changes can be for worse.
The mutable regulations often lead to confusion rather than clarity.
Pro Tip 3/3Broader Context
Use 'mutable' to describe non-physical things like ideas or plans that can change.
Our strategy is mutable; we can adapt it as the project develops.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Nuance
Though neutral, 'mutable' can imply weakness in characters when flexibility goes too far.
His mutable nature makes him an easy target for peer pressure.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Positive
'Mutable' doesn't always mean improvement; changes can be for worse.
The mutable regulations often lead to confusion rather than clarity.
Pro Tip 3/3Broader Context
Use 'mutable' to describe non-physical things like ideas or plans that can change.
Our strategy is mutable; we can adapt it as the project develops.
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This sea creature...
suggesting that they may have taken an evolutionary stand against unwanted guests. But even sea cucumbers that lack anal teeth are outfitted with tools to defend themselves. They evade threats and launch counter-attacks using their mutable collagenous tissue, or MCT.
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One woman, eight...
To what extent do we self-construct, do we self-invent? How do we self-identify and how mutable is that identity? Like, what if one could be anyone at any time? Well my characters, like the ones in my shows,
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This sea creature...
suggesting that they may have taken an evolutionary stand against unwanted guests. But even sea cucumbers that lack anal teeth are outfitted with tools to defend themselves. They evade threats and launch counter-attacks using their mutable collagenous tissue, or MCT.
Video examples
One woman, eight...
To what extent do we self-construct, do we self-invent? How do we self-identify and how mutable is that identity? Like, what if one could be anyone at any time? Well my characters, like the ones in my shows,
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Julianne Moore
American Actress
Behavior is mutable. It changes from place to place. It's like accents, dialect - it varies from one area to another. But there are universal truths about what it means to be a human being. All the other stuff is like applique. Learning that was interesting to me and probably useful for becoming an actor.
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Sarah Jones
To what extent do we self-construct, do we self-invent? How do we self-identify, and how mutable is that identity? Like, what if one could be anyone at any time? Well, my characters, like the ones in my shows, allow me to play with the spaces between those questions.
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Chris Abani
Nigerian Author
We often think that language mirrors the world in which we live, and I find that's not true. The language actually makes the world in which we live. Language is not - I mean, things don't have any mutable value by themselves; we ascribe them a value.
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Siddhartha Mukherjee
Indian Scientist
Cancer has enormous diversity and behaves differently: it's highly mutable, the evolutionary principles are very complicated and often its capacity to be constantly mystifying comes as a big challenge.
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William Boyd
British Novelist
Do we change every time we have a new encounter? Are we endlessly mutable? I think these are fascinating questions: it's a rich vein to tap, and I don't think I have exhausted it fully yet.
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Megan Amram
American Comedian
My mom and brother are both doctors, and it seems crazy that so many people think science is a mutable idea.
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Eric Kripke
American Director
When you start a show, the plans are not set in stone. They're really mutable, cocktail napkin sketches.
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Chloe Benjamin
American Author
Identity is as absurd and contradictory, I think - and certainly as mutable - as the human brain.
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James Madison
American President
The internal effects of a mutable policy poisons the blessings of liberty itself.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.
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Julianne Moore
American Actress
Behavior is mutable. It changes from place to place. It's like accents, dialect - it varies from one area to another. But there are universal truths about what it means to be a human being. All the other stuff is like applique. Learning that was interesting to me and probably useful for becoming an actor.
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Sarah Jones
To what extent do we self-construct, do we self-invent? How do we self-identify, and how mutable is that identity? Like, what if one could be anyone at any time? Well, my characters, like the ones in my shows, allow me to play with the spaces between those questions.
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Chris Abani
Nigerian Author
We often think that language mirrors the world in which we live, and I find that's not true. The language actually makes the world in which we live. Language is not - I mean, things don't have any mutable value by themselves; we ascribe them a value.
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Siddhartha Mukherjee
Indian Scientist
Cancer has enormous diversity and behaves differently: it's highly mutable, the evolutionary principles are very complicated and often its capacity to be constantly mystifying comes as a big challenge.
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William Boyd
British Novelist
Do we change every time we have a new encounter? Are we endlessly mutable? I think these are fascinating questions: it's a rich vein to tap, and I don't think I have exhausted it fully yet.
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Megan Amram
American Comedian
My mom and brother are both doctors, and it seems crazy that so many people think science is a mutable idea.
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Eric Kripke
American Director
When you start a show, the plans are not set in stone. They're really mutable, cocktail napkin sketches.
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Chloe Benjamin
American Author
Identity is as absurd and contradictory, I think - and certainly as mutable - as the human brain.
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James Madison
American President
The internal effects of a mutable policy poisons the blessings of liberty itself.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
Nature is a mutable cloud which is always and never the same.
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