0 the state of someone or something that is not moving or not able to move:
1 the fact that it is difficult for people to change their situation, such as doing different work, becoming part of a different social class, or moving to a different place:
political/social/occupational immobility Occupational immobility can occur when the skills offered by unemployed workers are not transferable to the jobs available in the economy.
2 the fact that it is difficult to move or transport something from one place to another, or to use it for a different purpose:
After months of immobility, she is beginning to try to stand.
relief from the pain and immobility of osteoarthritis
The families of victims of the disease describe rapid deterioration and bedridden immobility within a few months.
The country is struggling with political immobility.
Their choices challenged ' the immobility of tradition ' as much as did the first alterations in the dress of young nobles three centuries previously.
Independence is a critical issue for many older adults as they age and face health-related challenges such as falls, sensory impairment, immobility, and isolation.
But having created the image, he does not give it animation; he locks it in immobility and leaves it behind.
Intervention included six standardized protocols for the management of six risk factors for delirium: cognitive impairment, sleep deprivation, immobility, visual impairment, hearing impairment, and dehydration.
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