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Immobile

//ɪˈmoʊ.bəl// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Fixed, not movable. not-comparable

    "This figure, immobile and static in his heaviness, was assumed to be deeply asleep and therefore to introduce a note of humorous anecdotality to what should have been a tragic scene."

Adjective
  1. 1
    securely fixed in place wordnet
  2. 2
    not capable of movement or of being moved wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    One who does not or cannot move (e.g. to travel or live elsewhere).

    "[…] if the constrained "immobiles" are given the same transportation access as the unconstrained "mobiles" […]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Old French immobile, from Latin immōbilis, equivalent to im- + mobile.

Etymology 2

From Old French immobile, from Latin immōbilis, equivalent to im- + mobile.

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