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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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.
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Megan McCluskey, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
Older animals like cull cows — cows who no longer produce enough milk for the dairy industry — are often brought to auction injured, sick, or otherwise immobile.
—Jessica Scott-Reid, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Tube worms are immobile creatures that settle and grow in one place without moving, like barnacles.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
The irony was cruel, and all-too-glibly repeated around the world: The Man of Steel, laid low and nearly immobile, unable to breathe without a tube.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 11 Oct. 2024
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Megan McCluskey, TIME, 25 Oct. 2024
Older animals like cull cows — cows who no longer produce enough milk for the dairy industry — are often brought to auction injured, sick, or otherwise immobile.
—Jessica Scott-Reid, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Tube worms are immobile creatures that settle and grow in one place without moving, like barnacles.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024
The irony was cruel, and all-too-glibly repeated around the world: The Man of Steel, laid low and nearly immobile, unable to breathe without a tube.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 11 Oct. 2024
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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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