Impervious
/ɪmˈpɜːvi.əs/ adj
adj ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Unaffected or unable to be affected by something.
"The man was completely impervious to the deception we were trying."
- 2 Preventive of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable, particularly of water.
"Although patchworked and sagging, the roof proved impervious to the weather."
- 3 Immune to damage or effect.
"The old car seemed to be impervious to the wear and tear of age."
Adjective
- 1 not admitting of passage or capable of being affected wordnet
Example
More examples"Galoshes are impervious to water."
Etymology
From Latin impervius (“that cannot be passed through”), from in- (“not”) + pervius (“letting things through”).