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immobile
CIDE DICTIONARY
immobile, a. [L. immobilis: cf. F. immobile. See Immobility.].
Incapable of being moved; immovable; fixed; stable. Prof. Shedd. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
immobile, adj.
1 not moving.
2 not able to move or be moved.
1 not moving.
2 not able to move or be moved.
Derivative
immobility n.
Etymology
ME f. OF f. L immobilis (as IN-(1), MOBILE)
THESAURUS
immobile
abiding, adamant, adamantine, at a standstill, at anchor, changeless, constant, contemplative, continuing, dead-still, do-nothing, dormant, durable, enduring, firm, fixed, frozen, idle, immotile, immotive, immovable, immutable, inactive, inert, inflexible, intact, inviolate, irremovable, laissez-aller, laissez-faire, lasting, meditative, motionless, moveless, neuter, neutral, out of commission, paralytic, paralyzed, passive, pat, permanent, perpetual, persistent, procrastinating, quiescent, quietist, quietistic, remaining, riding at anchor, rigid, solid, stable, stagnant, stagnating, standpat, static, stationary, statuelike, staying, steadfast, still, stock-still, sustained, torpid, unaltered, unchangeable, unchanged, unchanging, unchecked, undestroyed, unemployed, unfading, unfailing, unmovable, unmoved, unmoving, unshifting, unvaried, unvarying, unyielding, vegetable, vegetativeFor further exploring for "immobile" in Webster Dictionary Online