English Explanatory Dictionary

unmoving

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Not moving; still; static.
  2. Not emotionally moving or rousing; failing to inspire the emotions.

Word forms

unmoving more unmoving most unmoving

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin movēre Old Northern French moverbor. Middle English moven English moving English unmoving From un- + moving.

Synonyms

at rest motionless dull impassive inanimate lifeless sedent sedentary stationary still stock-still torpid unmoved unmoving unaffecting unpoignant unarousing
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