immobile
Americanadjective
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incapable of moving or being moved.
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not mobile or moving; motionless.
adjective
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not moving; motionless
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not able to move or be moved; fixed
Other Word Forms
- immobility noun
Etymology
Origin of immobile
First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English word from Latin word immōbilis. See im- 2, mobile
Example Sentences
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"Haven't stood on my feet in over a week... been in a hospital bed immobile since my race," she said in a social media post.
From Barron's
The 20-year-old was initially diagnosed with tonsillitis and prescribed antibiotics, however his condition deteriorated and he became immobile with severe leg pain.
From BBC
There they saw an enormous—and enormously upright—hawk sitting immobile on the back of the front-row bus seat, his claws digging terrifyingly into the plastic not-leather cushion.
From Literature
Held on to a couple of key catches at slip, but also looked immobile in the cordon.
From BBC
Predictably too, the greatest burden of taxes fell on the most immobile, who lost their employment, not on the corporations that formally bore the burden of the tax.
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