immobile
adjective
im·mo·bile
(ˌ)i(m)-ˈmō-bəl 
-ˌbī(-ə)l,
also -ˌbēl
1
: not moving : motionless
keep the patient immobile
2
: incapable of being moved : fixed
Examples of immobile in a Sentence
The tranquilizer made the animal immobile.
The accident left her immobile.
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Angela works at a strip club where women’s clothes come off not through dances but via jump cuts; their faces are expressionless and their bodies immobile, as if they’ve been reduced to deadpan pin-up poses.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
That is, if the rider is immobile for more than 15 seconds.
—New Atlas, 16 Jan. 2025
Even an immobile Neymar would probably still give good marketing material, after all.
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While cold-stunned, iguanas remain alive but immobile, posing potential hazards to unsuspecting people and vehicles.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
That is, if the rider is immobile for more than 15 seconds.
—New Atlas, 16 Jan. 2025
Even an immobile Neymar would probably still give good marketing material, after all.
—Jack Lang, The Athletic, 18 Jan. 2025
While cold-stunned, iguanas remain alive but immobile, posing potential hazards to unsuspecting people and vehicles.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Immobile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/immobile. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.
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immobile
adjective
im·mo·bile
(ˈ)im-ˈ(m)ō-bəl
-ˌbēl
-ˌbīl
-ˌbēl
-ˌbīl
1
: incapable of being moved
2
: not moving
keep the patient immobile
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