as in static
incapable of moving or being moved
an examination of the slides of nonmotile cells
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Adjective
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Strategic planning should not be a static, annual exercise.—
Glenn Llopis,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025 -
Ursa Major will be able to conduct full-scale static firings, and drop and temperature storage testing for current and future missile systems.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The missions led to several breakthroughs, including a motionless lane-switch mechanism, a safer magnetic levitation system, and improved structural resilience.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Sep. 2025
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Small panfish and bream float stunned and motionless in the five feet or so of zapped lake around the boat, but the target eels do not seem as susceptible in the marshy edges that are lined with brush.—
Wesley Bruer,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Despite their name, the mobile homes are conspicuously immobile.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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In this model, our planet was covered for its first 2 to 3 billion years by a rigid, immobile outer shell with convection processes occurring beneath it in Earth’s mantle.—
David Bressan,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The original distillery, and its still, were built in the 1800s.—
Maggie Menderski,
The Courier-Journal,
12 Sep. 2025
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The still, small, splash of salt water against the concrete.—
Manuel Muñoz,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Nonmotile.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonmotile. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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