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impenetrable

[ im-pen-i-truh-buhl ]
/ ɪmˈpɛn ɪ trə bəl /
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adjective
not penetrable; that cannot be penetrated, pierced, entered, etc.
inaccessible to ideas, influences, etc.
incapable of being understood; inscrutable; unfathomable: an impenetrable mystery.
Physics. possessing impenetrability.
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Origin of impenetrable

1425–75; late Middle English impenetrabel<Latin impenetrābilis.See im-2, penetrable

OTHER WORDS FROM impenetrable

im·pen·e·tra·ble·ness, nounim·pen·e·tra·bly, adverb
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How to use impenetrable in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for impenetrable

impenetrable
/ (ɪmˈpɛnɪtrəbəl) /

adjective
incapable of being pierced through or penetratedan impenetrable forest
incapable of being understood; incomprehensibleimpenetrable jargon
incapable of being seen throughimpenetrable gloom
not susceptible to ideas, influence, etcimpenetrable ignorance
physics (of a body) incapable of occupying the same space as another body

Derived forms of impenetrable

impenetrability, nounimpenetrableness, nounimpenetrably, adverb
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