nonmoving

adjective

ˌnän-ˈmü-viŋ How to pronounce nonmoving (audio)
Definition of nonmovingnext
1
as in static
fixed in a place or position the casino is actually in a nonmoving vessel permanently docked on the city's waterfront

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2
as in motionless
incapable of moving or being moved all of the machine's nonmoving parts

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonmoving
  1. static
  2. immovable
  3. stationary
  4. immobile
  5. standing
  6. still
  7. unmovable
Adjective
  • In conclusion, upcoming product traceability and ESG regulations will never be static.
    Florent Bouguin, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The front lines in Kharkiv have been relatively static in the roughly two years since, although Moscow launched a cross-border push into pockets of northern Kharkiv earlier this year.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of static
Adjective
  • There was still plenty of art to see, including a few works that are immovable.
    Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 10 Oct. 2024
  • What happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object?
    Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of immovable
Adjective
  • These images would only show stationary objects, such as manufacturing plants and training camps, added Ivan Stupak, a former officer in Kyiv's SBU security service.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2024
  • The first is the use of generative AI techniques to synthesize life-like simulations of sensor data, traffic and pedestrian flow, road infrastructure and obstacles (other vehicles or stationary objects).
    Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Definition of stationary
Adjective
  • However, being immobile couldn’t hold her back from stealing every scene.
    Emily Longeretta, Variety, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Richard tells Iris a story about how a car accident that killed his grad school girlfriend Chloe and left him immobile for two months nearly broke him mentally.
    Megan McCluskey, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of immobile
Adjective
  • This prompted a standing ovation and choruses of pro-Trump chants.
    Charles Duhigg, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
  • In the biopic, Jolie, 49, transforms into the late opera singer Maria Callas, and prior to Sunday’s carpet, the mom of six was riding high from Maria garnering strong reviews as well as earning standing ovations at the Venice Film Festival, where Jolie cried, and the Telluride Film Festival.
    Brian Anthony Hernandez, People.com, 29 Sep. 2024
Definition of standing
Adjective
  • The dial is rendered in grand feu enamel in a way that creates an optical illusion as the watch moves – the idea is to create the effect of a raindrop falling on the still surface of a pond, with ripples radiating out from the seconds sub-dial.
    Carol Besler, Robb Report, 23 Oct. 2024
  • Through the subwoofer, the warm, rich strains of the cello vibrated in the still air of my living room.
    Adrienne So, WIRED, 1 Apr. 2020
Definition of still
Adjective
  • Steve Ditko buries Spider-Man under tons of unmovable, sci-machinery and wreckage, a weight that seems far above even the wall-crawler’s powers to escape from.
    Josh Weiss, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
  • In later years, such experiences coalesced into something unmovable.
    Andrea Mandell, Peoplemag, 17 Aug. 2024
Definition of unmovable
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“Nonmoving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonmoving. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.

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