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These and about ten private carriages made the total in this island: sufficient, he adds, for the unlocomotive propensities of the inhabitants and their almost roadless country.

From Rambles in the Islands of Corsica and Sardinia with Notices of their History, Antiquities, and Present Condition. by Forester, Thomas

But meanwhile—though almost as unlocomotive as the dead in body—there is perpetual motion in our minds.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde

Meanwhile the O'Donoghue himself had summoned energy enough to slip on an old and ragged dressing-gown, and a pair of very unlocomotive slippers, with which attired, he entered the sick boy's room.

From The O'Donoghue Tale Of Ireland Fifty Years Ago by Lever, Charles James