immobile
adjective
im·mo·bile
(ˌ)i(m)-ˈmō-bəl 
-ˌbī(-ə)l,
also -ˌbēl
1
: not moving : motionless
keep the patient immobile
2
: incapable of being moved : fixed
Examples of immobile in a Sentence
The tranquilizer made the animal immobile.
The accident left her immobile.
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Zac Jackson, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
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Zac Jackson, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
After copulating, the two males lay immobile on the seafloor as the female swam away.
—Jack Guy, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
Rivard, once an adventure sports junkie with a passion for skiing, turned to art after an injury in his 20s left him immobile.
—Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Despite their name, the mobile homes are conspicuously immobile.
—Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Immobile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/immobile. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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immobile
adjective
im·mo·bile
(ˈ)im-ˈ(m)ō-bəl
-ˌbēl
-ˌbīl
-ˌbēl
-ˌbīl
1
: incapable of being moved
2
: not moving
keep the patient immobile
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