impervious
adjective/ɪmˈpɜːviəs/
/ɪmˈpɜːrviəs/
- impervious to something not affected or influenced by something
- impervious to criticism/pain
- She was impervious to his charms.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- appear
- be
- seem
- …
- completely
- quite
- totally
- …
- to
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- (specialist) not allowing a liquid or gas to pass through
- an impervious rock/layer
- impervious to something impervious to moisture
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin impervius (from in- ‘not’ + pervius ‘permeable’) + -ous.
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