Immobile

Definitions

One who does not or cannot move (e.g. to travel or live elsewhere).

Equivalents

Examples

“[…] if the constrained "immobiles" are given the same transportation access as the unconstrained "mobiles" […]”

“Table 6.5 does indeed show⟳ that non-changers were more contented […] For Table 6.7 shows that even when we take⟳ account of the initial differences between the mobiles and immobiles, the mobiles' ratings of job characteristics move⟳ strongly in a positive direction while all the immobiles' record⟳ negative shifts. So the pattern is clear and consistent: jobs get⟳ better for movers and worse for non-movers.”

“One ex-airwoman recalls meal times for both 'mobiles' and 'immobiles', when they sat on backless benches at long bare tables. The immobiles brought in their own⟳ food, crockery and cutlery. A free-standing iron⟳ range was used[…]”

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