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immobility

[ im-oh-bil-i-tee ]

/ ˌɪm oʊˈbɪl ɪ ti /

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noun

the quality or condition of being immobile or irremovable.

Origin of immobility

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English word from Late Latin word immōbilitās. See im-², mobility

Words nearby immobility

immittance, immix, immixture, immobile, immobilism, immobility, immobilize, immoderacy, immoderate, immoderation, immodest

Example sentences from the Web for immobility

As the skills gap between top and bottom widens, immobility should harden more.

Two Midsummer Fears |David Frum |July 27, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
I dreaded the agonising scenes that would follow this state of immobility.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 65, No. 403, May, 1849 |Various
They are, as they pretend, the virtuous part of the people, because they are quiet; as if virtue consisted in immobility!

Political Pamphlets |George Saintsbury
I think it was the immobility of the old man that first arrested our attention.

All Men are Ghosts |L. P. Jacks

It had had, he owned, its temporary value, as the necessary rebellion against fatalism and immobility and privilege.

The Life of Mazzini |Bolton King
Only the lips threatened betrayal; and were bitten as punishment into immobility.

Athalie |Robert W. Chambers