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immobile

[ih-moh-buhl, -beel] / ɪˈmoʊ bəl, -bil /


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"Haven't stood on my feet in over a week... been in a hospital bed immobile since my race," she said in a social media post.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

The 20-year-old was initially diagnosed with tonsillitis and prescribed antibiotics, however his condition deteriorated and he became immobile with severe leg pain.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

Predictably too, the greatest burden of taxes fell on the most immobile, who lost their employment, not on the corporations that formally bore the burden of the tax.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

A nurse later told Lyudmila her mother had arrived in hospital with severe bedsores, suggesting she had been immobile for some time.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2025

One especially does not need an unwieldy, totally immobile mass of wires and coils spreading over twenty-five square yards.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov




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