Definition of immobile in English:

immobile

adjective

1Not moving; motionless.
‘she sat immobile for a long time’
- ‘My back ached every time the bandages shifted, forcing me to keep my back stiff and immobile.’
- ‘Imagine dozens of wheezing, perplexed pugs romping, sneezing, and peeing on anything immobile.’
- ‘The body is so mute, so immobile that one might think she is dead.’
- ‘I keep staring at the buck as I go for cover, but the buck is immobile.’
- ‘There was certainly no need to plan the route - we were going nowhere - or worry about the traffic, which was as immobile as school custard.’
- ‘After four hours, breakfast is still sitting in my stomach like a lead balloon, sullen and immobile.’
- ‘After the house lights came up, the audience remained immobile in their seats as if stricken: an apt reaction.’
- ‘The three of us have formed an involuntary and immobile conga-line, like a trio of backpackers on a rush-hour commuter train.’
- ‘Their faces were as immobile as those of potentates receiving tribute from conquered tribes.’
- ‘Sleeping is probably the only time you ever see his face relaxed, relatively immobile and at peace.’
- ‘A crowd will slowly build around you, faces immobile, sometimes catching your eye, nodding.’
- ‘Photography must seize upon this moment and hold immobile the equilibrium of it.’
- ‘It's all fun and games until your kid is lying immobile on the ice, isn't it?’
- ‘At room temperature, the bright regions between the dark domains were relatively immobile.’
- ‘Usually, the mass is relatively immobile, with a broad-based attachment.’
- ‘Even otherwise healthy passengers are at some risk if they remain immobile during the flight.’
- ‘They stood immobile with the flames racing around them in a fury of sparks.’
- ‘Neil stood immobile, staring at the door Ella had just walked through.’
- ‘They stood immobile, gazing after him until the forest hid him from their sight.’
- ‘While awaiting the results she became almost immobile and didn't know how she could carry on.’
motionless, unmoving, without moving, still, stock-still, static, stationary, at rest, at a standstill, dormant
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1. 1.1Incapable of moving or being moved.
  ‘an immobile workforce’
  ‘Abbie suffers from severe spinal muscular atrophy which renders her almost immobile.’
  ‘The other had severe lung problems that rendered her practically immobile.’
  ‘Several years ago, Ed had suffered a stroke that rendered him immobile.’
  ‘Unless it was made completely immobile, it wasn't going to stop moving.’
  ‘His left hand has become completely immobile because of illness.’
  ‘Once stabilized, he went home but remained immobile for about three months.’
  ‘Their exaggerated expressions emphasize their predicament of being alive but trapped within their utterly immobile forms.’
  ‘What good is intellect if it leaves us immobile and frozen in indecision?’
  ‘However, if he becomes immobile, a successor likely will have to be chosen quickly.’
  ‘His right arm was badly swollen and totally immobile.’
  ‘Desperately, she tried to reach for the ring, but it seemed as if her hands had frozen, forever immobile.’
  ‘He also stressed that elderly and immobile parishioners relied heavily on lifts and that current public transport on Sundays was inadequate.’
  ‘With the expected arrival of our second child, the first being one year old, I suffered a back injury, such as to make me immobile.’
  ‘When her blood-sugar level drops she becomes completely immobile and if it is low for more than two hours, she could die or be seriously brain damaged.’
  ‘Actually, despite being mostly immobile for the last two days, I awoke feeling pretty damn good.’
  ‘Against the immobile champion, the result was devastation.’
  ‘His left hand has become completely immobile because of illness.’
  ‘When prey arrives they quickly seize its extremities, pulling on legs, arms and antennae until the hostage is rendered immobile.’
  ‘By destroying one of these, the creature may become immobile, but there is no guarantee it will not feel pain at other points during the boiling.’
  ‘Some are blind, some are immobile, some are still suffering from venereal diseases and nobody cares about them.’
  immovable, unbudgeable
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