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immovable
[ ih-moo-vuh-buhl ]
adjective
- incapable of being moved; fixed; stationary.
- incapable of being influenced by feeling; emotionless:
an immovable heart; an immovable tyrant.
- incapable of being moved from one's purpose, opinion, etc.; steadfast; unyielding.
Synonyms: , , ,
- not subject to change; unalterable.
- not moving; motionless.
- Law.
- not liable to be removed, or permanent in place.
- (of property) real, as distinguished from personal.
- not changing from one date to another in different years:
Christmas is an immovable feast.
noun
- something immovable.
- immovables, Law. lands and the appurtenances thereof, as trees and buildings.
immovable
/ ɪˈːəə /
adjective
- unable to move or be moved; fixed; immobile
- unable to be diverted from one's intentions; steadfast
- unaffected by feeling; impassive
- unchanging; unalterable
- (of feasts, holidays, etc) occurring on the same date every year
- law
- (of property) not liable to be removed; fixed
- of or relating to immoveables Compare movable
Derived Forms
- ˈDZ, adverb
- ˌDZˈٲ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ·DZa·i·ٲ ·DZa··Ա noun
- ·DZa· adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of immovable1
Example Sentences
Was the word “dark” just meant to describe what was under there — darkness, the absence of light beneath a space-gobbling hunk of immovable material?
In the mad rush to flee the flames, droves of residents had abandoned their cars in an immovable traffic jam on Palisades Drive.
When they do finally meet, “it’s an explosion, like the personification of an unstoppable force colliding with an immovable object,” said Watts.
NEO Surveyor, in particular, has garnered immovable bipartisan support in recent years.
Paddington’s unstoppable force meets Trump’s immovable object, and I’m being flattened in the middle as they duke it out.
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