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motionless

[ moh-shuhn-lis ]

/ ˈmoʊ ʃən lɪs /

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adjective

without motion: a motionless statue.

Origin of motionless

First recorded in 1590–1600; motion + -less

SYNONYMS FOR motionless

still, stationary, unmoving, inert, stable, fixed, quiescent, quiet.

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ANTONYMS FOR motionless

active.

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OTHER WORDS FROM motionless

mo·tion·less·ly, adverb mo·tion·less·ness, noun

Words nearby motionless

motion capture, motion picture, motion sickness, motion study, motion work, motionless, motivate, motivation, motivation research, motivational research, motive

Example sentences from the Web for motionless

He fell 40 feet and fractured his skull, hip, and nose, and lay there motionless.

Creed Singer Scott Stapp’s Fall From Grace: From 40 Million Albums Sold to Living in a Holiday Inn |Marlow Stern |November 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Surrounded by family and friends, he sat shirtless and motionless leaning forward in a chair on the dirt in front of his hut.

The Original Ebola Hunter |Abby Haglage |September 14, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Stout, overdressed women with heavy jewels sit statue-like and motionless as their hair is dyed, fanned, backcombed and sprayed.

Russian Politicians Flaunt '80s Style At The Kremlin |Anna Nemtsova |October 16, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
But put a frog in the middle of a field of motionless, recently killed flies and it will starve.

Nobel Winner Eric Kandel: ‘The Age of Insight,’ Memory, the Holocaust, and the Art of Vienna |Jimmy So |April 1, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

Her body is motionless, her pale torso exposed to the blows from boots and truncheons.

Egyptian Military Police Beating a Female Protestor Produces Fury and an Apology |Sarah A. Topol |December 21, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
Shaughnessy, with a haggard glance at the motionless form on the floor, rose and walked uncertainly to an easy chair.

The Lash |Olin L. Lyman
Like a young priestess she stood, motionless save for the sudden quiver of a limb, a quick pulse-flutter in the rounded throat.

The Mystery of Choice |Robert William Chambers
He looked round at the motionless figures reverently standing with bowed heads.

Lone Pine |R. B. (Richard Baxter) Townshend
Under his motionless form I wrote, "The good services of this friend I shall ever keep in grateful remembrance."

The House of Martha |Frank R. Stockton
For some little time he sat there motionless, in a sort of mental haze.

The Escape of Mr. Trimm |Irvin S. Cobb

British Dictionary definitions for motionless

motionless

/ (ˈməʊʃənlɪs) /

adjective

not moving; absolutely still

Derived forms of motionless

motionlessly, adverb motionlessness, noun