immovable
Americanadjective
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incapable of being moved; fixed; stationary.
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incapable of being influenced by feeling; emotionless.
an immovable heart; an immovable tyrant.
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incapable of being moved from one's purpose, opinion, etc.; steadfast; unyielding.
- Synonyms:
- adamant, unbending, inflexible, obdurate
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not subject to change; unalterable.
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not moving; motionless.
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Law.
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not liable to be removed, or permanent in place.
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(of property) real, as distinguished from personal.
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not changing from one date to another in different years.
Christmas is an immovable feast.
noun
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something immovable.
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Law. immovables, lands and the appurtenances thereof, as trees and buildings.
adjective
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unable to move or be moved; fixed; immobile
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unable to be diverted from one's intentions; steadfast
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unaffected by feeling; impassive
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unchanging; unalterable
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(of feasts, holidays, etc) occurring on the same date every year
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law
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(of property) not liable to be removed; fixed
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of or relating to immoveables Compare movable
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Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of immovable
1325–75; Middle English immevable, immovable; see im- 2, movable
Explanation
Immovable things can't be budged. While you can move a bicycle or a grocery cart or a balloon, a cement park bench is immovable. Many things are immovable because they're made to be that way: a car is designed to be immovable when it's shifted into "park," or when the emergency brake is pulled. Other things are only occasionally immovable, like your stubborn dog who becomes immovable every time you try to take him for a walk in the rain, rooted adamantly in the doorway as you pull on his leash.
Vocabulary lists containing immovable
Example Sentences
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Immovable Object 2 is that once people notice you, they start measuring your decisions against what they know.
From Washington Post • Sep. 3, 2021
Immovable on the matter, Dr. Shirley clapped his hands twice quickly, as if to signal the start of an imperial amusement.
From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2019
Immovable throughout the tournament, the 34-year-old may not have the pyrotechnic carrying game of many modern props, but he takes some shifting and is worth his weight in gold to the Irish.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2014
An Immovable Force Deng Xiaoping did not have much time for small talk, at least not with outsiders.
From Time Magazine Archive
Immovable, except for his gaze and his fingers stroking his gun, the man didn’t care that he was blocking the saloon’s doorway.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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