immobile

[ ih-moh-buh l, -beel ]

/ ɪˈmoʊ bəl, -bil /

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adjective

incapable of moving or being moved.

not mobile or moving; motionless.

Origin of immobile

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English word from Latin word immōbilis. See im-², mobile

Words nearby immobile

immiserize, immitigable, immittance, immix, immixture, immobile, immobilism, immobility, immobilize, immoderacy, immoderate

Example sentences from the Web for immobile

The exhibit points out, for instance, that immobile plants face over 500,000 types of insects who want to feed on them.

This Exhibit Could Kill You: The Museum of Natural History Takes on Poison |William O’Connor |January 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Aislin, narrowed hazel eyes and immobile pink lips, flipped on the light of the stairway and stared at me.

How the Media Got Knox Wrong |Barbie Latza Nadeau |April 2, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
Gladsden gave the hunter an appealing look, but the latter's face was immobile as a statue's.

The Treasure of Pearls |Gustave Aimard
But the Indian had resumed his motionless study of the darkness, squatted on his haunches as immobile as a dead stump.

The Firing Line |Robert W. Chambers

They sit upright and immobile, with their hands folded on their knees.

A Journal of Impressions in Belgium |May Sinclair
Here he would lie in wait for an hour at a time, patient and immobile as the root on which he crouched.

Hoof and Claw |Charles G. D. Roberts
The Swiss Republican organisation was more successful, but became aristocratic and immobile.

The World's Greatest Books, Vol XI. |Edited by Arthur Mee and J.A. Hammerton

British Dictionary definitions for immobile

immobile

/ (ɪˈməʊbaɪl) /

adjective

not moving; motionless

not able to move or be moved; fixed

Derived forms of immobile

immobility (ˌɪməʊˈbɪlɪtɪ), noun

Medical definitions for immobile

immobile

[ ĭ-mō′bəl, -bēl′, -bīl′ ]

adj.

Immovable; fixed.

Not moving; motionless.

Other words from immobile

im′mo•bil′i•ty (-bĭl′-ĭ-tē) n.

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