im·mov·able
(ˌ)i(m)-ˈmü-və-bəl 
1
: incapable of being moved
broadly
: not moving or not intended to be moved
2
a
b
: not capable of being moved emotionally
1
: one that cannot be moved
2
immovables plural
: real property as opposed to movable property
Synonyms
Examples of immovable in a Sentence
Adjective
that boulder is immovable, even with a bulldozer
despite tears and pleading, the police officer was immovable on the matter of a hefty fine for speeding
Recent Examples on the Web
Ben Morse, CNN, 8 Apr. 2024
His diehard admirers—not all seventy-four million people who voted for him in the 2020 election but his immovable base, maybe thirty per cent of Republicans—admire him still, now more than ever.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2024
Talented Black artists are far too often pigeonholed, boxed into a genre and identity that at times seems immovable.
—Shannon J. Effinger, SPIN, 29 Mar. 2024
Her scenes with Buckley, in which the irresistible urge of Irish bonhomie butts up against the immovable object of passive-aggressive politeness and repression, are like watching musicians play off against each other’s weaving melodies and riffs.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2024
The slight variations in scale yield an uncanny visual sense of tumbling lightness for these massive, immovable objects.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
But despite ample support from the donor class, her campaign made little dent in the immovable political object that is Trump’s Republican support.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
The hurt and anger between Prince William and Prince Harry, in particular, has now hardened into something colder and more immovable, said Scobie: indifference.
—Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
In some areas, a NYCHA campus is the most immovable bulwark against gentrification.
—Curbed, 9 Jan. 2024
Adjective
But standing in the way of the unstoppable force that is Clark was the immovable object in the form of the South Carolina Gamecocks.
—Ben Morse, CNN, 8 Apr. 2024
His diehard admirers—not all seventy-four million people who voted for him in the 2020 election but his immovable base, maybe thirty per cent of Republicans—admire him still, now more than ever.
—Andrew Marantz, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2024
Talented Black artists are far too often pigeonholed, boxed into a genre and identity that at times seems immovable.
—Shannon J. Effinger, SPIN, 29 Mar. 2024
Her scenes with Buckley, in which the irresistible urge of Irish bonhomie butts up against the immovable object of passive-aggressive politeness and repression, are like watching musicians play off against each other’s weaving melodies and riffs.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2024
The slight variations in scale yield an uncanny visual sense of tumbling lightness for these massive, immovable objects.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
But despite ample support from the donor class, her campaign made little dent in the immovable political object that is Trump’s Republican support.
—Paolo Confino, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2024
The hurt and anger between Prince William and Prince Harry, in particular, has now hardened into something colder and more immovable, said Scobie: indifference.
—Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
In some areas, a NYCHA campus is the most immovable bulwark against gentrification.
—Curbed, 9 Jan. 2024
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“Immovable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/immovable. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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immovable
1 of 2 adjective
im·mov·able
im-ˈmü-və-bəl
: incapable of being moved see also immovable property at property
immovable
2 of 2 noun
: an item of immovable property (as land, standing timber, or a building)
a manufactured home placed upon a lot or tract of land shall be an immovable—Louisiana Revised Statutes
Louisiana Revised Statutes
also
: an interest or right (as a servitude) in an item of immovable property
a predial servitude is an incorporeal immovable —Louisiana Civil Code
—often used in pl.
compare movable
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