† unlocomotiveadj.
Obsolete.
Incapable of locomotion; immobile.In quot. 1863: not characterized by the use of mechanically propelled vehicles.
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1828 W. Scott in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Sir W. Scott (1839) VII. 154 I am getting very unlocomotive.
1863 Ld. Lytton Ring of Amasis I. 206 Where these ponderous locomotives of an unlocomotive age used to lurk harnessed.
1884 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 24 Jan. Either fence the farms or fence all the stock... Legless and unlocomotive property..does not really need to be inclosed or otherwise restrained.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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