unstirringadj.
(un- prefix1 7b, 4)
1. Not causing to stir or give way. rare.
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the world > space > place > removal or displacement > [adjective] > removing or displacing > not removing or displacing
unstirringc1480
c1480 (a1400) St. James Less 785 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 173 Al vnsterynge þe stekyne of þe presone & þe selynge.
2. Not stirring or moving; inactive.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > not moving
stillc888
unmoving?a1425
quatc1425
stock-still1508
stony1642
riveting1658
sitfast1669
unstirringa1684
sedate1684
statued1744
unshifting1811
stirless1816
unwaving1818
immotioned1821
standstill1829
akinetic1841
swayless1856
flutterless1873
static1910
squat1956
a1684 R. Leighton Pract. Comm. 1st Epist. Peter (1694) II. 307 A slothful unstirring life will make a sickly unhealthful life.
1818 H. H. Milman Samor iii. 210 The dead unstirring ocean bears them on.
a1851 D. M. Moir Night-hawk i The midnight moon Looks sombred o'er the forest depths, that sleep Unstirring.
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