Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Not to be separated, given away, or taken away; inalienable: "All of them . . . claim unalienable dignity as individuals” ( Garrison Keillor).
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Wiktionary
- adj. Not alienable
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Inalienable.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another
Examples
“The word "unalienable," as most grade school students ought to know, appears in the Declaration of Independence.”
The Huffington Post: Bob Cesca: Sarah Palin's Narcissism Feeds Her Constitutional Incompetence
“Of course, none of this says anything at all about the fact that coercive governmental institutions are prohibited by something called the Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution, which in their explicit use of the term unalienable rights systematically bars the initiation of direct (e.g. military conscription) or indirect force (e.g. expropriation) against any other individual.”
“The final version of the Declaration uses the word "unalienable.”
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights”
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”
Think Progress » McCain refuses to condemn Palin’s ‘reload’ rhetoric.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights.”
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. —”
The Volokh Conspiracy » Democracy and the Appeal of Socialism
“The Declaration of Independence is clear that “all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.””
““We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.””
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