immobile

adjective

(ˌ)i(m)-ˈmō-bəl How to pronounce immobile (audio)
Definition of immobilenext
1
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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2
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 Soon, the cold water and the beach itself fill with people, everyone immobile and sore but deeply satisfied. — E.r. Pulgar, SPIN, 10 June 2026 The highly effective treatment involves sterilizing screwworm pupae -- the immobile stage of the screwworm before metamorphosis -- by exposing them to gamma radiation and then releasing them into the wild to mate with fertile females. — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 11 June 2026 The Rams’ celebrated young defense needed only to smother immobile Seattle Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold deep in his territory in the final five minutes to regain possession and have a real shot at winning last season’s NFC championship. — Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026 Prosecutors allege prolonged neglect According to charging documents cited by WNEM-TV5, prosecutors allege Casper was immobile, was not provided proper medical care or adequate nutrition, and was forced to live in unsafe conditions before his death. — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 27 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for immobile
Recent Examples of Synonyms for immobile
  1. motionless
  2. static
  3. stationary
  4. immovable
  5. standing
  6. still
  7. unmovable
  8. stuck
Adjective
  • On a recent afternoon outside the temple in central Kerala, Raman stood motionless as two children played, giggling and hugging its trunk.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026
  • Even then, Uranus looked like a faint, motionless star rather than a glowing planet.
    — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 3 July 2026
Definition of motionless
Adjective
  • Unlike conventional ion traps that rely on oscillating radio-frequency fields, the Penning trap uses static electric and magnetic fields.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 3 July 2026
  • Convinced of this, Einstein abandoned his model of the static universe.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 July 2026
Definition of static
Adjective
  • The Clean Air Act is the federal law that regulates air emissions from stationary and mobile sources and governs air pollution.
    — Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • Should the luminiferous ether exist, then scientists reasoned that as the Earth orbits the sun at around 66,000 miles per hour (106,216 kilometers per hour), our planet should be moving through the ether, which had been deemed to be stationary.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 3 July 2026
Definition of stationary
Adjective
  • What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?
    — Doha Madani, NBC news, 1 July 2026
  • For the most part, though, Eldridge has been too productive as a DH to sit, and Rafael Devers remains an immovable presence at either first base or DH.
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 29 June 2026
Definition of immovable
Adjective
  • In an April assessment, Control Risks already treated it as a standing planning assumption, which reprices redundancy, war-risk insurance and evacuation planning rather than compliance programmes.
    — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Audience members then gave the star a standing ovation.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 27 June 2026
Definition of standing
Adjective
  • Firefighters were called to the 1300 block of West 73rd Street for a still and box fire.
    — CBS Chicago Team, CBS News, 29 June 2026
  • Now the second-most expensive Matisse painting to be sold at auction, La Chaise lorraine from 1919 is a still-life motif depicts a wooden chair upon which a plate of peaches is perched.
    — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 25 June 2026
Definition of still
Adjective
  • The Letang contract may be unmovable, too.
    — Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 6 May 2026
  • Just weeks ago, Orbán had seemed practically inevitable, an unmovable facet of Hungarian politics.
    — New York Daily News, Twin Cities, 19 Apr. 2026
Definition of unmovable
Adjective
  • Why this scam targets parents so well Parents are wired to respond when a child sounds stuck.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 July 2026
  • However, parts of the Southeast will remain stuck in the 90s for much of next week.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 4 July 2026
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