Immovable
adjective
Not able to be moved from its place.
The ancient monument is immovable due to its historical value.
Often appears as...
- immovable object
- immovable property
adjective
Not changing or showing little emotion.
His immovable expression made it hard to read his emotions.
Often appears as...
- immovable faith
- immovable stance
adjective
Not being influenced or convinced.
He was immovable on his decision to retire.
Often appears as...
- immovable determination
- immovable opinion
adjective
Related to property that cannot be moved.
Immovable assets include land, buildings, etc.
Often appears as...
- immovable property
- immovable assets
Usage tips
Formal
adjective
Not able to be moved from its place.
The ancient monument is immovable due to its historical value.
Often appears as...
- immovable object
- immovable property
adjective
Not changing or showing little emotion.
His immovable expression made it hard to read his emotions.
Often appears as...
- immovable faith
- immovable stance
adjective
Not being influenced or convinced.
He was immovable on his decision to retire.
Often appears as...
- immovable determination
- immovable opinion
adjective
Related to property that cannot be moved.
Immovable assets include land, buildings, etc.
Often appears as...
- immovable property
- immovable assets
Usage tips
Formal
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Pro Tip 1/2Literally Unmovable
Used to describe something that can't be physically moved, often due to size or permanence.
The heavy safe in the basement was immovable.
Pro Tip 2/2Symbolic Object
Sometimes used metaphorically to describe a strong person or object that doesn’t give way under pressure.
In debates, she was the immovable object against any argument.
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Nalini Nadkarni: For the...
species extinctions how can we foster change in people who may not wish to change or not even be aware that there is a need to change metaphorically I think there's one approach to do this that we can move the focus from the immovable trunks of our big problems so
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Is war between China and...
accelerating towards an apparently immovable ruling US, on course for what could be the grandest collision in history. To help us get our minds around this challenge, I'm going to introduce you to a great thinker, I'm going to present a big idea,
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Beavers: Dam Good...
outweigh the horizontal forces of the water pressing downstream and the is immovable in the real world of the beaver as the horizontal forces of the water meet the dam they become
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Nalini Nadkarni: For the...
species extinctions how can we foster change in people who may not wish to change or not even be aware that there is a need to change metaphorically I think there's one approach to do this that we can move the focus from the immovable trunks of our big problems so
Video examples
Is war between China and...
accelerating towards an apparently immovable ruling US, on course for what could be the grandest collision in history. To help us get our minds around this challenge, I'm going to introduce you to a great thinker, I'm going to present a big idea,
Video examples
Beavers: Dam Good...
outweigh the horizontal forces of the water pressing downstream and the is immovable in the real world of the beaver as the horizontal forces of the water meet the dam they become
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Quote examples
Amy Tan
American Novelist
My mother's openness has remained inspiring to me. I strive to be a skeptic, in the best sense of that word: I question everything, and yet I'm open to everything. And I don't have immovable beliefs. My values shift and grow with my experiences - and as my context changes, so does what I believe.
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Prashant Bhushan
Indian Lawyer
In India, all public servants employed by the central or a state government or any other public authority under their control are required under the relevant civil service rules to submit returns of movable and immovable assets owned by them and their immediate family.
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George Packer
American Novelist
I actually think that self-interest is overrated as an all-purpose guide to political motive. It leaves out something at least as powerful and immovable - individual psychology.
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Phyllida Lloyd
English Director
It's the job of the artist to take something that everybody thinks they know about, they've made a decision about, they will be immovable on, and to shine a light on it.
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David A. Bednar
American Clergyman
Disciples who are steadfast and immovable do not become fanatics or extremists, are not overzealous, and are not preoccupied with misguided gospel hobbies.
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Coleman Young
American Politician
I've learned over a period of years there are setbacks when you come up against the immovable object; sometimes the object doesn't move.
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Charles Baudelaire
French Poet
Modernity is the transient, the fleeting, the contingent; it is one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immovable.
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Benjamin Franklin
American Politician
All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.
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Nicolas Malebranche
French Philosopher
You find yourself in the world, without any power, immovable as a rock, stupid, so to speak, as a log of wood.
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Isaac Newton
English Mathematician
The centre of the system of the world is immovable.
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Amy Tan
American Novelist
My mother's openness has remained inspiring to me. I strive to be a skeptic, in the best sense of that word: I question everything, and yet I'm open to everything. And I don't have immovable beliefs. My values shift and grow with my experiences - and as my context changes, so does what I believe.
Quote examples
Prashant Bhushan
Indian Lawyer
In India, all public servants employed by the central or a state government or any other public authority under their control are required under the relevant civil service rules to submit returns of movable and immovable assets owned by them and their immediate family.
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George Packer
American Novelist
I actually think that self-interest is overrated as an all-purpose guide to political motive. It leaves out something at least as powerful and immovable - individual psychology.
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Phyllida Lloyd
English Director
It's the job of the artist to take something that everybody thinks they know about, they've made a decision about, they will be immovable on, and to shine a light on it.
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David A. Bednar
American Clergyman
Disciples who are steadfast and immovable do not become fanatics or extremists, are not overzealous, and are not preoccupied with misguided gospel hobbies.
Quote examples
Coleman Young
American Politician
I've learned over a period of years there are setbacks when you come up against the immovable object; sometimes the object doesn't move.
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Charles Baudelaire
French Poet
Modernity is the transient, the fleeting, the contingent; it is one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immovable.
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Benjamin Franklin
American Politician
All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.
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Nicolas Malebranche
French Philosopher
You find yourself in the world, without any power, immovable as a rock, stupid, so to speak, as a log of wood.
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Isaac Newton
English Mathematician
The centre of the system of the world is immovable.
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