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Impervious

//ɪmˈpɜːvi.əs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Unaffected or unable to be affected by something.

    "The man was completely impervious to the deception we were trying."

  2. 2
    Preventive of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable, particularly of water.

    "Although patchworked and sagging, the roof proved impervious to the weather."

  3. 3
    Immune to damage or effect.

    "The old car seemed to be impervious to the wear and tear of age."

Adjective
  1. 1
    not admitting of passage or capable of being affected wordnet

Etymology

From Latin impervius (“that cannot be passed through”), from in- (“not”) + pervius (“letting things through”).

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