IMMOTILITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does immotility mean? 

• IMMOTILITY (noun)
  The noun IMMOTILITY has 1 sense:

1. lacking an ability to move

  Familiarity information: IMMOTILITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMMOTILITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lacking an ability to move

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("immotility" is a kind of...):

immobility (the quality of not moving)

Antonym:

motility (ability to move spontaneously and independently)

Derivation:

immotile ((of spores or microorganisms) not capable of movement)