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as in motionless
fixed in a place or position
the patient must remain immobile while he is in the MRI unit
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as in static
incapable of moving or being moved
a huge, immobile tree of an endangered species that the creators of the theme park decided to make part of the design
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Recent Examples of immobile
Without adequate staff, basic standards of care, such as assisting residents to avoid falls or turning immobile patients to prevent bedsores, are often neglected.
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Tony Cook, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
That has an economic impact since immobile cows are culled: Canning points to U.K. data suggesting cattle lameness results in £142 million ($190 million) of losses there.
—Chris Stokel-Walker, Fortune, 26 June 2025
Officers with the Maitland Police Department found the vehicle immobile on the tracks in the suburb with a commuter train about 10 minutes away.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2025
One occupant, the initial caller, was able to escape, but an immobile 65-year-old man was stuck inside and died.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2025
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Tony Cook, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
That has an economic impact since immobile cows are culled: Canning points to U.K. data suggesting cattle lameness results in £142 million ($190 million) of losses there.
—Chris Stokel-Walker, Fortune, 26 June 2025
Officers with the Maitland Police Department found the vehicle immobile on the tracks in the suburb with a commuter train about 10 minutes away.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 19 Mar. 2025
One occupant, the initial caller, was able to escape, but an immobile 65-year-old man was stuck inside and died.
—Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 23 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for immobile
Adjective
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Hakam appeared motionless, as guests tended to him.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
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The lengthy pre-copulation stage involved all three sharks motionless on the seafloor for nearly an hour, after which the female started swimming with one male shark biting onto each of her pectoral fins.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The audience for wax museums is melting away in the digital age, when posing with a static dummy has come to feel rather quaint.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
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The plans show defense spending next year would stay largely static, and would be funded with tax hikes amid increasingly dour growth forecasts.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Outfitted with lights and sounds to stimulate sensory skills, this toy transforms from a stationary busy board into an activity table, drawing table, and stand-up easel.—
Pamela Brill,
Parents,
2 Oct. 2025
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As Carrington uttered those words after practice on Wednesday, Middleton was about to get on a stationary bike to keep his legs loose.—
Josh Robbins,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The very bedrock of our values as a country and the democratic pillars of our government that once seemed immovable are being completely destroyed right now.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
26 Sep. 2025
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Across centuries, rulers who built their power on fear or oppression seemed immovable in their day.—
John Hope Bryant,
Time,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The theater gave him a standing ovation.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
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The second clip showed Princess Kate getting a standing ovation at the Wimbledon Tennis Championship in London in July 2024 during only her second public appearance after starting chemotherapy for cancer that February.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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After tribal leader Javier Chocobar raised a still camera to record what the men were doing, one of them shot him dead.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
22 Sep. 2025
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The still photo is one of the iconic images of the Vietnam War, but NBC also filmed the killing.—
Time,
Time,
20 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Really, the entire dynasty, the cloning, and the appearance of being never-ending, as an unmovable entity in the galaxy’s history, was but a poor attempt at being like Demerzel, the one truly constant in the galaxy’s history.—
Rafael Motamayor,
Vulture,
29 Aug. 2025
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Deshaun Watson is also still stuck on the roster with a huge contract that has become unmovable.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 July 2025
Adjective
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Mercury’s retrograde ends on the 7th and will help clear up any misunderstandings or mental fog that have kept you stuck in the wrong dynamics for too long.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 Oct. 2025
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However, Ecclestone led opposition to their use, and Renault was ultimately convinced that the V6s would achieve its aims and so stuck around.—
Alex Kalinauckas,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Immobile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/immobile. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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