immobile
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ɪˈməʊ.baɪl/ / /ɪˈmoʊ.bəl/ / /ɪˈmɒ.bɪl/
adj
Etymology: From Old French immobile, from Latin immōbilis, equivalent to im- + mobile.
- Fixed, not movable.
“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.”
noun
Etymology: From Old French immobile, from Latin immōbilis, equivalent to im- + mobile.
- 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" […]”
“Table 6.5 does indeed show that non-changers were more contented […] For Table 6.7 shows that even when we take account of the initial differences between the mobiles and immobiles, the mobiles' ratings of job characteristics move strongly in a positive direction while all the immobiles' record negative shifts. So the pattern is clear and consistent: jobs get better for movers and worse for non-movers.”