impenetrable
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.
Origin of impenetrable
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Other words from impenetrable
- im·pen·e·tra·ble·ness, noun
- im·pen·e·tra·bly, adverb
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How to use impenetrable in a sentence
That’s an important statement that this movement is unpersuadable precisely because it is operating in impenetrable bad faith.
A congressman’s outburst on the House floor puts the Sedition Caucus to shame | Greg Sargent | January 7, 2021 | Washington PostEivor is a foreigner to this land, and in these early years of human history the language barrier is impenetrable.
How ‘Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’ makes sense of stories about Vikings, pirates and George Washington | Gene Park | January 1, 2021 | Washington PostGradually poets I’d once considered impenetrable filled me with awe instead of bafflement.
I didn’t think I understood modern poetry. The less I tried to get it, the more I came to love it. | Ron Charles | December 4, 2020 | Washington PostBy the end of the third episode, it’s clear that focusing on Grace’s impenetrable stare is intentional.
The real star of ‘The Undoing’? Nicole Kidman’s eyeballs. | Bethonie Butler | November 30, 2020 | Washington PostMeanwhile, at the WCS facility, the waste will be covered by a 40-foot-thick layer of impenetrable red clay —which serves the same function as the salt at WIPP—once the storage sites are filled.
Finding homes for the waste that will (probably) outlive humanity | Katie McLean | October 21, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
When it comes to the increasing number of rape allegations leveled at Bill Cosby, the smoke is becoming impenetrable.
Butts, Brawls, and Bill Cosby: The Biggest Celebrity Scandals of 2014 | Kevin Fallon | December 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAt the highest navigable point of the Congo River, thick jungle creates an impenetrable wall of green around a large island.
Together, they formed an almost impenetrable sea of fitted baseball caps surrounding the stage.
These reporters are working within a bubble, impenetrable to secular outsiders.
But, as Korda clearly recognizes, Lee himself could be almost as impenetrable as stone.
Now suddenly she felt a mystery in Baroudi far deeper, far more impenetrable, than any mystery that dwelt in Nigel.
Bella Donna | Robert HichensThe great horses with their eager riders dashed themselves in vain against the solid and impenetrable schiltron.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonAn endless forest, the impenetrable earth; the one to be removed, and the other to be excavated.
As they entered the mouth of the cave, darkness, black and impenetrable, dropped on them like a cloak.
The Adventure Girls at K Bar O | Clair BlankAnd still that blank wall of dirt, that impenetrable darkness, that stubborn barrier between them and the blessed sunshine.
The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle | Laura Lee Hope
British Dictionary definitions for impenetrable
/ (ɪmˈpɛnɪtrəbəl) /
incapable of being pierced through or penetrated: an impenetrable forest
incapable of being understood; incomprehensible: impenetrable jargon
incapable of being seen through: impenetrable gloom
not susceptible to ideas, influence, etc: impenetrable ignorance
physics (of a body) incapable of occupying the same space as another body
Derived forms of impenetrable
- impenetrability, noun
- impenetrableness, noun
- impenetrably, adverb
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