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Word entry · 10 letters

impervious

Best crossword clue

"Unable to be penetrated"

10 letters · collected on this word page

10 lettersPronunciation /ɪmˈpɜːvi.əs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted eiimoprsuvStarts with IEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. not admitting of passage or capable of being affected

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • The man was completely impervious to the deception we were trying.
  • Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, the consciousness dawning upon him that his eccentricity was not receiving the ovation it merited.
  • For the past decade there were two more or less universally acknowledged truths about digital advertising. First, the rapidly growing industry was largely impervious to the business cycle.

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01Unable to be penetrated10 letters

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