absorbent
adjective
nonabsorbent
-
a word derived from
absorbent.
Example Sentences
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“I had been practicing this really nice illustration technique with an opaque watercolor on a nonabsorbent paper,” he recalls.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 12, 2018
Trueman now paints on plastic-based paper, whose nonabsorbent surface allows him to remove areas of pigment to create negative space.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 19, 2018
As for the water issue, any garage floor coating will make the concrete nonabsorbent.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2016
Papyrus is nonabsorbent, so the ink is slightly raised on the surface.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 16, 2015
With open plumbing, and with the floors under the fixtures of nonabsorbent material, they are useless.
From The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) by Kenelm Winslow
