impervious
adjective
not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable.
imperviousness
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a word derived from
impervious.
Example Sentences
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Maybe she had a false sense of imperviousness, given all the times the house on Roca Chica Drive escaped, unscathed.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2025
Mav initially at least can maintain an imperviousness to fear by remaining playful.
From Salon ● May 28, 2022
There is something unnerving about the static nature of his image, of its imperviousness to the passage of time and his own ballooning wealth.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2021
And yet what’s expected of Biles upon arrival here is imperviousness, an ability to ball all that up and toss it to the side.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 27, 2021
Eril-Fane explained its properties to them—its imperviousness to everything, all heat, all tools.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
