immovable
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4.4
- adjective
- /ɪˈmuːvəbl/
:
inmóvil
- The statue in the square remained immovable, despite the strong winds that day.
- immovable property
- an immovable object
And so that's the that's in the end, the sort of net, net conclusion is that's the thing that is the sort of the hard immovable fact about the universe.
- And so that's the that's in the end, the sort of net, net conclusion is that's the thing that is the sort of the hard immovable fact about the universe.
- I think as you come to LA, you might learn that some of these buildings are old and they get changed and they know about giant support beam is immovable.
- Moving the immovable means the insolence of a knowledge which argues itself into a freedom from absolute laws.
Examples
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Jim stopped inside the door, as immovable as a setter at the scent of quail.
Fiction book (2001) -
Gentlemen, an immovable Parliament is more obnoxious... than an immovable king!
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Two immovable forces, neither side willing to back down.
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Exceptions are devices that are immovable or attached to a heavy object.
Academic text (2011) -
You can almost feel the power of these magnificent and immovable stones.
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What they can't see is the mountain, this large, immovable object.
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Nor are the demographic advantages now enjoyed by the Democrats necessarily immovable.
Academic text (2009) -
The juniper has eyes fixed in all directions and beneath itself deep, immovable roots.
Fiction book (1999) -
All her ritual dancing was accomplished in this one motionless space, in the immovable, dense air.
Fiction book (1998) -
Betty Meggers is a strong-willed octogenarian with immovable beliefs about ancient jungle cultures.
Academic text (2003)
Synonyms
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4.4
Not able to move or be moved, like a statue
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4.2
Not able to be changed or lifted from its place
Cannot be moved physically or in opinion
Impossible to move or change
Attached firmly to something so it cannot move
Unable to move or be moved easily
Cannot be taken out from where it is
Not able to be separated from the thing it is attached to
Nothing can free it from something that holds or traps it
You cannot move it easily from one place or system to another
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A cloth bandage soaked in hard plaster that becomes rigid to keep a body part still
How Movable
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Immovable breaks into familiar parts: im- meaning 'not', move meaning 'to move', and -able meaning 'can be'. So it literally means 'not able to be moved', which is why we use immovable for something fixed in place or for someone who will not change their mind.