Impervious
adjective
Not allowing something, especially liquid or gas, to go through.
The new material is impervious to heat and cold.
Often appears as...
- impervious material
- impervious barrier
adjective
Not being affected or influenced by something.
He remains impervious to criticism.
Often appears as...
- impervious to criticism
- impervious to change
adjective
Not allowing something, especially liquid or gas, to go through.
The new material is impervious to heat and cold.
Often appears as...
- impervious material
- impervious barrier
adjective
Not being affected or influenced by something.
He remains impervious to criticism.
Often appears as...
- impervious to criticism
- impervious to change
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Literal Barrier
Used when something physically stops another substance from passing through.
The gloves were impervious to the chemicals.
Pro Tip 2/3Technical Context
Often found in descriptions of materials in science, construction, or technology.
They used an impervious membrane beneath the road.
Pro Tip 3/3Nature Proof
Suggests resistance to natural elements like water, heat, and humidity.
Our tent is impervious to rain.
Pro Tip 1/3Literal Barrier
Used when something physically stops another substance from passing through.
The gloves were impervious to the chemicals.
Pro Tip 2/3Technical Context
Often found in descriptions of materials in science, construction, or technology.
They used an impervious membrane beneath the road.
Pro Tip 3/3Nature Proof
Suggests resistance to natural elements like water, heat, and humidity.
Our tent is impervious to rain.
Pro Tip 1/3Literal Barrier
Used when something physically stops another substance from passing through.
The gloves were impervious to the chemicals.
Pro Tip 2/3Technical Context
Often found in descriptions of materials in science, construction, or technology.
They used an impervious membrane beneath the road.
Pro Tip 3/3Nature Proof
Suggests resistance to natural elements like water, heat, and humidity.
Our tent is impervious to rain.
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Natalie Jeremijenko:...
but that massive network of roads, impervious surfaces, that collect all that cadmium neurotoxin that comes from your brake liners or the oily hydrocarbon waste in every single storm event and medieval infrastructure washes it straight into the estuary system. That doesn't do a lot of good.
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Deborah Rhodes: A tool...
the different molecular behavior of tumors, and therefore, it's impervious to breast density. After the injection, the patient's breast is placed between the detectors. And if you've ever had a mammogram -- if you're old enough to have had a mammogram -- you know what comes
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Trooper Weapons PIPE...
somebody is five seconds we can repeat that if necessary you can't move it completely overrides your nervous system so you can't fight through it even no matter how tough you are how impervious to pain you are your body just physically cannot override the inputs
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EXCLUSIVE: Fur Seals Are...
first seals are probably out in the water hunting or just staying cool they have an extremely dense fur and that allows them to be pretty much impervious to the cold water when they're swimming around it looks like there's a lot of
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Can a black hole be...
Eventually, in an almost inconceivably distant future, the universe may be left as a cold and dark place. But if Stephen Hawking was right, before that happens, the normally terrifying and otherwise impervious black holes
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The Bias behind Your...
For Black women such as Dr. Moore, they suffer two blows. The insulting notion that they are overdramatic due to their gender, along with the erroneous view that because their skin is Black, they are impervious to pain.
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How animals and plants...
And all these environmental changes reach their epicenter in cities. Cities form a completely new habitat that we have created. And we clothe it in brick and concrete and glass and steel, which are impervious surfaces
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The myth of Hercules: 12...
Its golden fur was impervious to arrows, but Hercules cornered the lion in its dark cave, stunned it with a club, and strangled it with his bare hands. He found no tool sharp enough to skin the beast,
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In a Pinch PIPE Duck Quaks...
my fact is equally amazing in way easier to test in fact any of our viewers can actually try it while they're watching did you know that there is a part of your body that is impervious to pain I
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A Man of the World PIPE...
impervious to man's destruction and it was the most poignant conversation i ever had with cousteau till they died cousteau would go on to dedicate the rest of his life to protecting the oceans
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Natalie Jeremijenko:...
but that massive network of roads, impervious surfaces, that collect all that cadmium neurotoxin that comes from your brake liners or the oily hydrocarbon waste in every single storm event and medieval infrastructure washes it straight into the estuary system. That doesn't do a lot of good.
Video examples
Deborah Rhodes: A tool...
the different molecular behavior of tumors, and therefore, it's impervious to breast density. After the injection, the patient's breast is placed between the detectors. And if you've ever had a mammogram -- if you're old enough to have had a mammogram -- you know what comes
Video examples
Trooper Weapons PIPE...
somebody is five seconds we can repeat that if necessary you can't move it completely overrides your nervous system so you can't fight through it even no matter how tough you are how impervious to pain you are your body just physically cannot override the inputs
Video examples
EXCLUSIVE: Fur Seals Are...
first seals are probably out in the water hunting or just staying cool they have an extremely dense fur and that allows them to be pretty much impervious to the cold water when they're swimming around it looks like there's a lot of
Video examples
Can a black hole be...
Eventually, in an almost inconceivably distant future, the universe may be left as a cold and dark place. But if Stephen Hawking was right, before that happens, the normally terrifying and otherwise impervious black holes
Video examples
The Bias behind Your...
For Black women such as Dr. Moore, they suffer two blows. The insulting notion that they are overdramatic due to their gender, along with the erroneous view that because their skin is Black, they are impervious to pain.
Video examples
How animals and plants...
And all these environmental changes reach their epicenter in cities. Cities form a completely new habitat that we have created. And we clothe it in brick and concrete and glass and steel, which are impervious surfaces
Video examples
The myth of Hercules: 12...
Its golden fur was impervious to arrows, but Hercules cornered the lion in its dark cave, stunned it with a club, and strangled it with his bare hands. He found no tool sharp enough to skin the beast,
Video examples
In a Pinch PIPE Duck Quaks...
my fact is equally amazing in way easier to test in fact any of our viewers can actually try it while they're watching did you know that there is a part of your body that is impervious to pain I
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A Man of the World PIPE...
impervious to man's destruction and it was the most poignant conversation i ever had with cousteau till they died cousteau would go on to dedicate the rest of his life to protecting the oceans
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Quote examples
Patrick MacGill
Irish Journalist
Marching thus at night, a battalion is doubly impressive. The silent monster is full of restrained power; resolute in its onward sweep, impervious to danger, it looks a menacing engine of destruction, steady to its goal, and certain of its mission.
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Shervin Pishevar
Iranian Businessman
What we're trying to accomplish is the cheapest, fastest, cleanest form of major public transportation. There's economic value in being able to move people and things fast - and without any delays, because the hyperloop is impervious to weather.
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Jonathan Dee
American Novelist
It's not really an original idea, but there's something that goes along with power and celebrity that starts to make you feel like you're impervious to certain forces that the rest of us have to live with.
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Mark Manson
American Author
True love - that is, deep, abiding love that is impervious to emotional whims or fancy - is a choice. It's a constant commitment to a person regardless of the present circumstances.
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Natalie Massenet
American Businesswoman
You can no longer just have a magazine that shows you this glossy impervious image of women - in the studio, artificial, wearing a push-up bra.
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Bernard Law Montgomery
British Soldier
Discipline strengthens the mind so that it becomes impervious to the corroding influence of fear.
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Liev Schreiber
American Actor
I'm not that interested in working with impervious people.
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Deborah Meaden
English Businesswoman
I'm impervious to charm. I can see through it.
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Ferdinand Marcos
Filipino Statesman
Nobody is impervious to misfortune.
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Marianne Williamson
American Author
Spirit is impervious to illness.
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Patrick MacGill
Irish Journalist
Marching thus at night, a battalion is doubly impressive. The silent monster is full of restrained power; resolute in its onward sweep, impervious to danger, it looks a menacing engine of destruction, steady to its goal, and certain of its mission.
Quote examples
Shervin Pishevar
Iranian Businessman
What we're trying to accomplish is the cheapest, fastest, cleanest form of major public transportation. There's economic value in being able to move people and things fast - and without any delays, because the hyperloop is impervious to weather.
Quote examples
Jonathan Dee
American Novelist
It's not really an original idea, but there's something that goes along with power and celebrity that starts to make you feel like you're impervious to certain forces that the rest of us have to live with.
Quote examples
Mark Manson
American Author
True love - that is, deep, abiding love that is impervious to emotional whims or fancy - is a choice. It's a constant commitment to a person regardless of the present circumstances.
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Natalie Massenet
American Businesswoman
You can no longer just have a magazine that shows you this glossy impervious image of women - in the studio, artificial, wearing a push-up bra.
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Bernard Law Montgomery
British Soldier
Discipline strengthens the mind so that it becomes impervious to the corroding influence of fear.
Quote examples
Liev Schreiber
American Actor
I'm not that interested in working with impervious people.
Quote examples
Deborah Meaden
English Businesswoman
I'm impervious to charm. I can see through it.
Quote examples
Ferdinand Marcos
Filipino Statesman
Nobody is impervious to misfortune.
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Marianne Williamson
American Author
Spirit is impervious to illness.
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