motionless

motionless

English

Etymology

motion +‎ -less

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈməʊʃənlɛs/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmoʊʃənlɛs/

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Adjective

motionless (not comparable)

1. at rest, stationary, immobile, not moving.
   • 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 98:

     Nothing was to be seen save flat meadows, cows feeding unconcernedly for the most part, and silvery pollard willows motionless in the warm sunlight.

   • 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 4, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:

     Nothing could be more business-like than the construction of the stout dams, and nothing more gently rural than the limpid lakes, with the grand old forest trees marshalled round their margins like a veteran army that had marched down to drink, only to be stricken motionless at the water’s edge.

   • 2023 February 8, Greg Morse, “Crossing the border... by Sleeper”, in RAIL, number 976, page 43:

     We remain motionless in the platform while the ex-Edinburgh draws forward, the points are set, and it is propelled back for attachment. The Edinburgh locomotive uncoupled, a brake test is performed and we're away.

Translations

at rest, not moving

Armenian: անշարժ (hy) (anšarž) Bulgarian: неподвижен (bg) (nepodvižen) Crimean Tatar: areketsiz Czech: nehybný Dutch: bewegingsloos (nl) Esperanto: senmova Finnish: liikkumaton (fi) French: immobile (fr) German: unbeweglich (de), reglos (de), bewegungslos (de) Icelandic: grafkyrr, hreyfingarlaus Italian: immobile (it), immoto, inerte (it) Japanese: 不動の (ふどうの, fudō-no) Maori: whakaroau, pateko Polish: nieruchomy (pl) Portuguese: imóvel (pt) Russian: неподви́жный (ru) (nepodvížnyj) Spanish: inmóvil (es), inerte (es), quieto (es), en reposo

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