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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If these thermal management systems are ineffective an electric vehicle could be rendered immobile (or worse) due to the battery overheating.
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Charles Singh, USA Today, 28 June 2025
Rather, its success came from seeing and solving an inherent problem: personal entertainment was immobile, grounded in console stereo systems.
—Mark Nevins, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
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Somewhere in the greenhouses of botanical gardens, the last living males of Encephalartos woodii still stand — majestic, immobile and unable to reproduce.
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About 30 minutes later, three deputies debated how to book the immobile man.
—Christopher Damien, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2025
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Charles Singh, USA Today, 28 June 2025
Rather, its success came from seeing and solving an inherent problem: personal entertainment was immobile, grounded in console stereo systems.
—Mark Nevins, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
Wood’s Cycad Is Extinct In The Wild And Other Cycads Are Not Far Behind
Somewhere in the greenhouses of botanical gardens, the last living males of Encephalartos woodii still stand — majestic, immobile and unable to reproduce.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
About 30 minutes later, three deputies debated how to book the immobile man.
—Christopher Damien, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Immobile.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/immobile. Accessed 20 Jul. 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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