im·mov·able
(ˌ)i(m)-ˈmü-və-bəl 
1
: incapable of being moved
broadly
: not moving or not intended to be moved
2
a
b
: not capable of being moved emotionally
1
: one that cannot be moved
2
immovables plural
: real property as opposed to movable property
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Examples of immovable in a Sentence
Adjective
that boulder is immovable, even with a bulldozer
despite tears and pleading, the police officer was immovable on the matter of a hefty fine for speeding
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Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 13 June 2024
But that tiredness plays well into Yokozuna’s character as an immovable mountain of a man, which leaves Hart to mostly wrestle around him and try to get him off his feet.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2024
Spencer started the game with a 3-pointer and seven of UConn’s first 11 points, but on the other end Edey, an immovable force in the low post, scored 14 of Purdue’s first 23 points.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2024
Absent a consensus on what is appropriately partisan, an all-powerful White House and an immovable federal bureaucracy will view each other with suspicion.
—Stephen I. Vladeck, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2021
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Adjective
By Ross Andersen The only immovable object on my weekly calendar is a Sunday-night basketball game.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 13 June 2024
But that tiredness plays well into Yokozuna’s character as an immovable mountain of a man, which leaves Hart to mostly wrestle around him and try to get him off his feet.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2024
Spencer started the game with a 3-pointer and seven of UConn’s first 11 points, but on the other end Edey, an immovable force in the low post, scored 14 of Purdue’s first 23 points.
—Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 9 Apr. 2024
Absent a consensus on what is appropriately partisan, an all-powerful White House and an immovable federal bureaucracy will view each other with suspicion.
—Stephen I. Vladeck, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2021
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“Immovable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/immovable. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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immovable
1 of 2 adjective
im·mov·able
im-ˈmü-və-bəl
: incapable of being moved see also immovable property at property
immovable
2 of 2 noun
: an item of immovable property (as land, standing timber, or a building)
a manufactured home placed upon a lot or tract of land shall be an immovable—Louisiana Revised Statutes
Louisiana Revised Statutes
also
: an interest or right (as a servitude) in an item of immovable property
a predial servitude is an incorporeal immovable —Louisiana Civil Code
—often used in pl.
compare movable
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