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impervious

UK/ɪmˈpɜːvi.əs//ɪmˈpɝ.vi.əs/

impervious adjective: unaffected or unable to be affected by something.

Adjective

impervious (comparative more impervious, superlative most impervious)

  1. Unaffected or unable to be affected by something.
    • 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.1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC
  2. Preventive of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable, particularly of water.
    • Although patchworked and sagging, the roof proved impervious to the weather.
    • The white faience façade, the glazed Doultonware Carrera marble, was made locally. And being glazed, it was impervious to London's sooty atmosphere, enabling easier cleaning.2023 December 13, Robin Leleux, “Restored... and a richly deserved award: Findlater's Corner”, in RAIL, number 998, page 43
  3. Immune to damage or effect.
    • The old car seemed to be impervious to the wear and tear of age.

impervious meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

impervious in Tamil

ஊடுருவ முடியாத, ஊடுருவமுடியாத, நுழைய இடங்கொடாத, பாதிப்படையாத தன்மை, மாற்றத்திற்கு இடங்கொடா தன்மை, ஊடுருவா

impervious in Urdu

ناقابل سرائیت

impervious in Bengali

অপ্রবেশ্য, অভেদ্য

impervious in Malayalam

ദുർഭേദ്യ, പ്രതികരണമുണ്ടാകാത്ത, അഭേദ്യം, ദുഷ്പ്രവേശ്യം
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impervious in Kannada
ಕಿವಿಗೊಡದ, ಒಳಹೋಗಲಾಗದ, ಪ್ರಭಾವಿತನಾಗದ, ವಿಚಲಿತನಾಗದ

Examples of impervious in a sentence

  • Unlike traditional egg glaires these are impervious to insect attack, and can be tooled long after application.
  • She might be impervious to desire, passionproof: a likely explanation.
  • While impervious to heat, isinglass is quite fragile and one must avoid touching these panels when using the doors.

All 16 example sentences with impervious

Antonyms of impervious

Forms of impervious

comparativemore impervious
superlativemost impervious

Origin of impervious

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

Words formed from impervious

Words that rhyme with impervious

Questions about impervious

What does impervious mean?
Impervious means unaffected or unable to be affected by something.
What is impervious in Tamil?
Impervious in Tamil is ஊடுருவ முடியாத, ஊடுருவமுடியாத, நுழைய இடங்கொடாத. See Impervious meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is impervious?
Impervious is an adjective.
How do you pronounce impervious?
Impervious is pronounced /ɪmˈpɜːvi.əs/ (UK).

Words near impervious in the dictionary

  1. impervertible
  2. imperviability
  3. imperviable
  4. imperviableness
  5. impervial
  6. impervious
  7. imperviously
  8. imperviousness
  9. impervium
  10. impery
  11. impest

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: impervious (page history and authors); impervious (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); impervious (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Impervious (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); impervious (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); impervious (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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