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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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