unmoving


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un·mov·ing

 (ŭn-mo͞o′vĭng)
adj.
1. Not moving; motionless: hands unmoving at his sides; unmoving traffic.
2. Not affecting the emotions: a tedious, unmoving sermon.
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unmoving

(ʌnˈmuːvɪŋ)
adj
1. not in motion: the unmoving sea.
2. still or constant: an invisible but unmoving point.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.unmoving - not in motionunmoving - not in motion        
immobile - not capable of movement or of being moved
2.unmoving - not arousing emotionsunmoving - not arousing emotions    
unemotional - unsusceptible to or destitute of or showing no emotion
unexciting, unstimulating - not stimulating
moving - arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion; "she laid her case of destitution before him in a very moving letter"- N. Hawthorne
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unmoving

adjective
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Translations

unmoving

[ˈʌnˈmuːvɪŋ] ADJinmóvil
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unmoving

adjregungslos
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References in classic literature ?
Feeling too intensely, too mentally, to be conscious of them she sat unmoving as they rolled one by one down her cheeks and dropped unheeded.
God bless you that you have given my dear one her soul again, and me peace." He put his hands on the Professor's shoulder, and laying his head on his breast, cried for a while silently, whilst we stood unmoving.
But greater than that, to the wolf-cub, was their mastery over things not alive; their capacity to communicate motion to unmoving things; their capacity to change the very face of the world.
The pictures were horrendous, heartrending and infuriating: thousands of commuters stranded on streets, unable to find buses to ferry them to work or school; on Epifanio de los Santos Avenue (Edsa), a long line of buses unmoving and hemmed in on their designated yellow lane, while the lanes for private vehicles were nearly empty; and on the streets and stations leading to the MRT, many more miserable commuters stewing as they waited for scarce train rides.
Furthermore, they are quite content for Great Britain to be a laughing stock and are quite unmoving in their denunciation of the "nasty" Europeans.
A statement by the ROP read, "For users of Muscat Expressway: a collision between a vehicle and an unmoving object has occurred.
Why, the churchyard actually looked friendly, handsome, after all the sweeping and hosing down performed under the unmoving glare of some sculptured, perhaps amused, saints.
class="MsoNormalMany times, I was tempted to just get up and walk home instead of just sitting there gazing out at the sea of unmoving vehicles.
Three of the men pick brooms and use the handles to try to free the dog from the python's tight grasp. After struggling for several minutes, they finally manage to uncoil the serpent's tail, and two others hold down the unmoving hound.
When your body is completely at rest and unmoving, your device records that you are asleep.
Or you're by the board of departures and arrivals when the trains are unmoving in the station at dead of night and those alive have given up.
He said he did not mean to kill her, and when he found her lying on the bed unmoving, he instantly called the ambulance and police.