immobility.

1. A lack of movement or capacity to move in the relevant situation.

2. A lack of movement between social or occupational positions.

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Words that belong together

• physical immobility
• temporary immobility

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Temporary immobility changed which tasks the character could perform without assistance.

Physical immobility was described as an observed condition rather than evidence of unconsciousness.

Usage notes

Primary category: economics / business / social science. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: social explanation, distributional analysis, population description, concept distinction. Disciplines: social science, economics, public policy. Commonness: moderately common.