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   immobile

   /ɪˈməʊbʌɪl/

   adjective

   • 1. not moving; motionless: "she sat immobile for a long time" Similar motionlessunmovingwithout movingstillstock-stillstaticstationaryat restat a standstilldormantrooted to the spotfixed to the spotrigidfrozenstiffrivetedtransfixedlike a statueas if turned to stonenot moving a muscleimmobilizedOpposite moving
   • ▪ incapable of moving or being moved: "an immobile workforce" Similar immovableunbudgeableimmobilizedfixedsecurestablerootedrivetedmooredanchoredbracedfastfirmstuckjammedstifftechnical:immotileimmotiveOpposite mobile

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French, from Latin immobilis, from in- ‘not’ + mobilis (see mobile).

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   What does immobile mean?

   • Get Word of the Day daily email! The meaning of IMMOBILE is not moving : motionless. How to use immobile in a sentence.

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   What does it mean if a mountain is immobile?

   • A mountain is immobile; no one's moving that. Sometimes people who are very large — like offensive lineman — are described as immobile, because they are big and hard to move. When something is immobile, it's not going anywhere.

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   Why is a big person called immobile?

   • Sometimes people who are very large — like offensive lineman — are described as immobile, because they are big and hard to move. When something is immobile, it's not going anywhere. "Immobile."

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   The meaning of IMMOBILE is not moving : motionless. How to use immobile in a sentence.

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   Immobile means not moving or not able to move. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts, with synonyms and antonyms, and see examples from various sources.

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   Something immobile can't move or be moved — it's locked or stuck in place. If you know that mobile things move around, then you're halfway to understanding what immobile means: this refers to anything that can't move.

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   IMMOBILE means completely still or unable to move. Learn how to use this word in different contexts, with synonyms, pronunciation, and translations.

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   Immobile means not moving or not able to move. Find out how to say immobile in different languages, such as Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese, and more.

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   Define immobile. immobile synonyms, immobile pronunciation, immobile translation, English dictionary definition of immobile. adj. 1. Immovable; fixed: an immobile rock formation. 2. Not moving; motionless: The patient in the coma was immobile. 3. Not very mobile or agile; capable...