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stationary adjective [ ˈsteɪʃ(ə)n(ə)ri ]

• not moving or not intended to be moved.
• "a car collided with a stationary vehicle"
Similar: motionless, parked, halted, stopped, immobilized, immobile, unmoving, still, static, stock-still, at a standstill, at rest, not moving, like a statue, rooted to the spot, unstirring, frozen, inactive, inert, lifeless, inanimate,
Opposite: moving,
Origin: late Middle English: from Latin stationarius (originally in the sense ‘belonging to a military station’), from statio(n- ) ‘standing’ (see station).


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