unmoving

U1N1M3O1V4I1N1G2

adjective

Not moving; still; static.

Similar
at restmotionlessdullimpassiveinanimatelifelesssedentsedentary
Opposite
moving
OriginEnglish moving ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunmoving (comparative more unmoving, superlative most unmoving)

comparative more unmoving · superlative most unmoving

  1. Not moving; still; static.

    Synonyms: at rest, motionless, at rest, dull, impassive, inanimate, lifeless, motionless

  2. Not emotionally moving or rousing; failing to inspire the emotions.

    A tale of gangland warfare and filial loyalty in the Glasgow of 1958, Small Faces is an enjoyable but strangely unmoving film.

    1996, Film Review

    Synonyms: unaffecting, unpoignant, unarousing

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot moving; still; static.

Similar
at restmotionlessat restdullimpassiveinanimatelifelessmotionlesssedentsedentarystationarystillstock-stilltorpidunmoved

adjectiveNot emotionally moving or rousing; failing to inspire the emotions.

Similar
unaffectingunpoignantunarousing

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivenot in motion

Similar
nonmovinginactivemotionlessstaticbecalmedfixedsetrigidfrozenrootedstock-still

adjectivenot arousing emotions

Similar
unaffecting
Opposite
moving
Also see
at restbecalmedfixedfrozenimpassiveinactiveinertlethargicmotionlessnonmovingrigidrootedsedentsetsittingstaticstationarystillstock-stilltorpidunaffectingunmoved

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishmoving
  9. Englishunmoving

From un- + moving.

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Translations

Hindi अचल
  • अचल (acal)still
Italian immobile, immoto
  • immobilestill
  • immotostill
Māori whakaroau
  • whakaroaustill
Portuguese imóvel
  • imóvelstill

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with unmoving

movingimprovingremovingprovinggroovingcomoving
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Cite this entry
APA

unmoving. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmoving

MLA

“unmoving.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmoving. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unmoving,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmoving.

Source: unmoving on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.