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im·per·vi·ous  (m-pûrv-s)
adj.
1. Incapable of being penetrated: a material impervious to water.
2. Incapable of being affected: impervious to fear.

[From Latin impervius : in-, not; see in-1 + pervius, pervious; see pervious.]

im·pervi·ous·ly adv.
im·pervi·ous·ness n.

impervious
Adjective
1. not letting water etc. through
2. not influenced by a feeling, argument, etc.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.impervious - not admitting of passage or capable of being affected; "a material impervious to water"; "someone impervious to argument"
impermeable - preventing especially liquids to pass or diffuse through; "impermeable stone"; "an impermeable layer of scum"; "a coat impermeable to rain"
pervious - admitting of passage or entrance; "pervious soil"; "a metal pervious to heat"

impervious
adjective 1. unaffected, immune, unmoved, closed, untouched, proof, invulnerable, unreceptive, unswayable
Translations
Spanish impervious [ɪmˈpəːvɪəs] adjimpermeable;
(fig): impervious to → insensible a

French impervious [ɪmˈpəːvɪəs] adjimperméable (fig);
impervious to → insensible à; inaccessible à

German impervious [ɪmˈpəːvɪəs] adj impervious to (criticism, pressure) → unberührt von;
(charm, influence) → unempfänglich für

Italian impervious [ɪmˈpəːvɪəs] adjimpermeabile;
(fig): impervious to → insensibile a; impassibile di fronte a

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But she did not want to appear unamiable and uninterested, so she had brought forth newspapers, which she spread upon the floor of the gallery, and under Madame Ratignolle's directions she had cut a pattern of the impervious garment.
I apologized; but he continued scornfully, "Since you are impervious to argument, you shall hear with your ears how by means of my two voices I reveal my shape to my Wives, who are at this moment six thousand miles seventy yards two feet eight inches away, the one to the North, the other to the South.
I began to occupy my house on the 4th of July, as soon as it was boarded and roofed, for the boards were carefully feather-edged and lapped, so that it was perfectly impervious to rain, but before boarding I laid the foundation of a chimney at one end, bringing two cartloads of stones up the hill from the pond in my arms.
 
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