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PUZZLING SYNONYMS
These synonyms could be an attestation to your true advanced usage of English vocabulary
UNMOVABLE, UNMOVED, IMMOVABLE, IMMOBILE, MOTIONLESS
She has sat motionless for a time or she has made no moving for a time. Her manner of sitting is just an act under way in reality. But, how could you describe in “she sat unmoving behind the desk”. It’s likely that without a movement she was deep in silence in thinking. This word is used to denote an attitude. Or, she has been able to sit immobile for a while. Something abnormal in her body has caused her unable to move. Figuratively, this word can be used to describe “an immobile workforce” has been on the rise due to recession”. Another complicated synonym is “unmovable” for instance this tree is unmovable and the garden has to be designed or kept accordingly unremoved. This word has its own delicate usage to “immovable” as a house is seen as the immovable property of special jurisdiction in business. “Unmoved” significantly differs as he looked unmoved by her outburst or he looked unaffected by her blast into rage.
CEASELESS, UNCEASING, INCESSANT, UNENDING, ENDLESS, NEVER-ENDING
What is unceasing means continuing without interruption as he has unceasing effort to achieve a goal. This non-pause effort runs into unpleasant situation and it’s better to describe it with “incessant”. We have suffered incessant noise from the next workshop. In case of describing something seeming to have no end as he had to leave the office owing to ceaseless criticism from the manager. If you want to emphasize its a long time incident, you can use “endless” as endless conversations about the issue made it null and ineffective for a true event. “Unending” denotes having no limit or conclusion. Their unending poverty coincidently exists with their endless enslavement by the rich. Another synonym “never-ending” has also posed a trouble to learners. It can be used to say about lasting in annoying repetition as people live in never-ending worry about terrorists and their mind was fully controlled by mass media.
UNEXPRESSIVE, INEXPRESSIVE, EXPRESSIONLESS, INEXPRESSIBLE
His work is so hard that it made his eyes dull and unexpressive. He has tried to conceal this look by pretending an inexpressive face. Both denotes showing no expression but one regarding emotion and another in pretense. To denote a person’s voice it’s better to use “expressionless” as his calmness gives him an expressionless face against a shock. Nevertheless, the meaning of being too strong to be described in words can be “inexpressible” as their joy was really inexpressible with this triumph.
