Impassible

//ɪmˈpasɪbəl// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Unable to feel emotion; impassive.
  2. 2
    Incapable of suffering detriment or injury.

    "[W]e say it is unreasonable, that this [the bread or host of the Eucharist] should be changed into flesh, […] into that body of Christ, which is in heaven; he remaining there, and being whole and impassible, and unfrangible, this, we say, is unreasonable and impossible: […]"

  3. 3
    Unable to suffer, or feel pain.
  4. 4
    Misspelling of impassable. alt-of, misspelling

Example

More examples

"The hamlet, set on a plain and surrounded by spectacular, pine-covered mountains, is a place of crushing poverty and lack of opportunity, home to a single small school, dirt roads that become impassible during the rainy season and rudimentary homes without insulation, proper flooring, water or electricity."

Etymology

From Old French impassible.

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