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immobile

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im·mo·bile

[ih-moh-buhl, -beel]
adjective
1.
incapable of moving or being moved.
2.
not mobile or moving; motionless.

Origin:
1300–50; Middle English < Latin immōbilis. See im-2, mobile
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  • It is essential that an installed toilet remains fixed and immobile.
  • He sat upright in a wheelchair, his head held immobile in a brace to protect it from spasms.
  • Conjuring images of hopelessly immobile trees desperately trying to achieve take-off.
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immobile (ɪˈməʊbaɪl)
 
adj
1.  not moving; motionless
2.  not able to move or be moved; fixed
 
immobility
 
n

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immobile im·mo·bile (ĭ-mō'bəl, -bēl', -bīl')
adj.

  1. Immovable; fixed.

  2. Not moving; motionless.


im'mo·bil'i·ty (-bĭl'-ĭ-tē) n.

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