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impervious

im·per·vious

UK/ɪmˈpɜːvi.əs/ US/ɪmˈpɝ.vi.əs/ uncommon

adjective

1.

not admitting of passage or capable of being affected

  • “a material impervious to water”
  • “someone impervious to argument”
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From Latin impervius (“that cannot be passed through”), from in- (“not”) + pervius (“letting things through”).

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