Definition of immobile
1 : incapable of being moved : fixed
2 : not moving : motionless keep the patient immobile
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Examples of immobile in a Sentence
The tranquilizer made the animal immobile.
The accident left her immobile.
Recent Examples of immobile from the Web
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Thinking the cars were being stolen or towed, the security feature activated and the cars went into a self-locking mode, leaving them immobile, ReachNow said.
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Her parents are in declining health, another friend lives in the diabolical grip of A.L.S., silent and immobile even as his brain carries on.
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The car was eventually rendered immobile, unable to shift into neutral, with less than 200 miles on the odometer.
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Origin and Etymology of immobile
Middle English in-mobill, from Latin immobilis, from in- + mobilis mobile
IMMOBILE Defined for English Language Learners
immobile
playDefinition of immobile for English Language Learners
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: unable to move
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: not moving
IMMOBILE Defined for Kids
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playDefinition of immobile for Students
: unable to move or be moved The snake's venom left its prey immobile.
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