immobile
adjective/ɪˈməʊbaɪl/
/ɪˈməʊbl/
- not moving synonym motionless
- She stood immobile by the window.
Extra Examples- She seemed scarcely to breathe as she lay immobile.
- He stayed immobile, trying to remember where he was.
- Kerry sat mute and immobile.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- lie
- remain
- sit
- …
- completely
- perfectly
- totally
- …
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- unable to move
- His illness has left him completely immobile.
- The plaster cast is used to keep the leg immobile.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- lie
- remain
- sit
- …
- completely
- perfectly
- totally
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from Latin immobilis, from in- ‘not’ + mobilis, from movere ‘to move’.
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