MOVELESS Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

moveless

adjective

Definition of moveless

as in motionless

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Adjective

After that adrenaline starts surging, a few motionless seconds can feel like a lifetime.

— BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026
In 1969, neurologist Oliver Sacks gave L-DOPA to patients who had spent decades nearly motionless after the encephalitis epidemic of the early 20th century.

— Mallory Green, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of motionless

Adjective

An advertisement couldn’t be on the screen for longer than eight seconds, and the displays would revert to a static logo after midnight each day.

— Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2026
But as the city blossomed — its population is now nearly 270,000 — the political culture remained fairly static.

— Justin Papp, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of static

Adjective

Some packs retain enough energy storage potential to serve stationary applications, where weight and packaging constraints matter less.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026
They are engineered to swivel seamlessly and create a cozy, face-to-face conversational layout when the vehicle is stationary.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of stationary

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moveless

movement

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