motionless
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- motionlessly adverb
- motionlessness noun
Etymology
Origin of motionless
Example Sentences
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Hidden in plain sight, an ambush bug nymph waits motionless inside a flower in Michigan.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
The 33-year-old Canadian tumbled during her second run, losing her skis and poles and lying motionless on the snow.
From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026
In December, motionless Waymo vehicles clogged San Francisco streets after a power outage.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026
These motionless atoms have a major effect on how a liquid turns into a solid, including the creation of an unusual state of matter known as a corralled supercooled liquid.
From Science Daily • Dec. 11, 2025
The men lay down to sleep on a floe that rose and fell at least a foot with the swell, and some of them felt seasick after so long on a motionless, frozen ocean.
From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong
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