immobility

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But while immobility is the characteristic material feature of land, it is financially mobile, in that its value can rise and fall.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 2025

When turned upside down, a shark enters a temporary paralysis known as tonic immobility, which occurs when its awareness of its environment is disrupted.

From Science Daily • Nov. 3, 2025

"If I’m being honest, I also didn’t want to admit to the depth of my disability. I had muscle spasms and immobility on my left side, and I tried to hide it," she said.

From Salon • Sep. 6, 2024

That matters, Wooldridge continues, because “The rate of single parenting is the most significant predictor of social immobility in the country.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2023

He had dropped down on to one knee and with head bowed seemed to be pushing at the trolley before him, which for some reason had taken on an obstinate immobility.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro