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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Surveillance footage showed the victim sleeping on an immobile F train at Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue Station around 7:30 a.m.
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Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
The brothers were connected by a radio, but Hunter was immobile in the snow and could only listen but not respond.
—Bita Ryan, NBC News, 26 Dec. 2024
However, my wrist will be immobile for three more months, at which time the plate over my hand will be removed; that means no driving till then.
—Brenda Looper, arkansasonline.com, 18 Dec. 2024
That makes the scenes in June’s I Am: Celine Dion —in which an artist who sometimes recorded three songs in one night is seen rendered immobile — especially crushing.
—Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2024
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Charmaine Patterson, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
The brothers were connected by a radio, but Hunter was immobile in the snow and could only listen but not respond.
—Bita Ryan, NBC News, 26 Dec. 2024
However, my wrist will be immobile for three more months, at which time the plate over my hand will be removed; that means no driving till then.
—Brenda Looper, arkansasonline.com, 18 Dec. 2024
That makes the scenes in June’s I Am: Celine Dion —in which an artist who sometimes recorded three songs in one night is seen rendered immobile — especially crushing.
—Beatrice Verhoeven, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Immobile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/immobile. Accessed 18 Jan. 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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