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for immobile
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Immobile \Im*mo"bile\, a. [L. immobilis: cf. F. immobile. See
Immobility.]
Incapable of being moved; immovable; fixed; stable. --Prof.
Shedd.
[1913 Webster] immobilisation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
immobile
adj 1: not capable of movement or of being moved [ant: mobile]
2: securely fixed in place; "the post was still firm after being
hit by the car" [syn: fast, firm, immobile]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
83 Moby Thesaurus words for "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,
vegetative
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