motionless

adjective

Definition of motionlessnext
as in static
not moving The deer stood there absolutely motionless, listening attentively.

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Recent Examples of motionless Stephens and several teammates then appeared to taunt the Oregon players and celebrate the dirty play rather than show concern for a fellow college athlete who was lying motionless on the field. — Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2026 Moore laid motionless on the turf before receiving assistance. — ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026 Trainers and doctors brought out the cart and put a motionless Reed on a long spine board to protect the player from suffering further damage. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026 Ninety-five out of 111 imaged cells lit up during slow-wave sleep and quiet, motionless wakefulness, and fell silent during running and REM sleep. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2026 Young was motionless on the field after the collision and taken to a hospital. — CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026 Guglielmo wondered whether godwits did something similar, even though hanging motionless in a torpor seems pretty different from flying. — Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026 The new experiment used a single calcium-40 ion held almost motionless inside an electromagnetic ion trap. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026 Some rolled and splashed in the shallows, regulating their body temperature after lying in the Arctic sun, others lay motionless, deep in sleep. — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for motionless
  1. static
  2. frozen
  3. still
  4. wooden
  5. blank
Adjective
  • This included buckling, static load, modal, and seismic analyses.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Using sine wave generators and pink lighting so saturated it essentially blots out all other color and shadow, Young and Zazeela created a space that’s somehow both static and full of life.
    — Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 4 Oct. 2026
Definition of static
Adjective
  • Lamb Weston, which sells frozen fries and other potato products, said on Tuesday that its profit and revenue during its latest quarter topped its projections, for example.
    — Stan Choe, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Frozen blueberries sold at Publix were originally recalled, and then the recall expanded to include frozen berries sold at Walmart, The Charlotte Observer previously reported.
    — Eva Flowe October 6, Charlotte Observer, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of frozen
Adjective
  • The process also keeps the sand in a perpetual swirling motion that contrasts beautifully with the still surface.
    — Savannah Born, Travel + Leisure, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Meanwhile, Op de Beeck slips everyday Belgian objects and historical motifs — Duvel beer bottles, supermarket glassware, waffles and typical Flemish still-life arrangements — into his immersive installations, sculptures and films.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of still
Adjective
  • Save room on Monday, Wednesday or Friday for the chef’s table at Sokasi, a small wooden eight-seat outpost where traditional Balinese feasts are cooked right in front of you on a grill.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Hanging beside a replica wooden hut was a birdcage with a note explaining that the parrot had been removed for its own mental well-being.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of wooden
Adjective
  • The blank area, or the area not occupied by the author’s work, has almost the same importance in a book as that occupied by the ink used to print the text.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Nearly six million people cast a blank or spoiled vote — including Alexandre Moreira, a 21-year-old university student.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of blank

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“Motionless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/motionless. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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