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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Held on to a couple of key catches at slip, but also looked immobile in the cordon.
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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.
Mr. Bird emphasizes that land is easy to borrow against because “it is both immobile and extremely durable.”
A mosquito spots the eminent man and zooms over to wheedle in his ear, but Bashō remains immobile.
Patients have told File on 4 Investigates how they were left immobile or addicted to painkillers after receiving the NexGen knee implant, because it ended up slipping out of place.
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