immobile
/ɪˈmoʊ.bəl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "[…] 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."
- "One ex-airwoman recalls meal times for both 'mobiles' and 'immobiles', when they sat on backless benches at long bare tables. The immobiles brought in their own food, crockery and cutlery. A free-standing iron range was used[…]"
Etymology
From Old French immobile, from Latin immōbilis, equivalent to im- + mobile.
Origin
- Source language: Old French
Word Breakdown
- Root: immobile, immōbilis
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɪˈmoʊ.bəl/
- British English: /ɪˈməʊ.baɪl/
Inflected Forms
immobiles (plural)