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impenetrable
[im-pen-i-truh-buhl]
adjective
not penetrable; that cannot be penetrated, pierced, entered, etc.
inaccessible to ideas, influences, etc.
incapable of being understood; inscrutable; unfathomable.
an impenetrable mystery.
Synonyms: , , ,Antonyms: ,Physics.possessing impenetrability.
impenetrable
/ ɪˈɛɪٰəə /
adjective
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
Other Word Forms
- impenetrableness noun
- impenetrably adverb
- ˈԱٰԱ noun
- ˌԱٰˈٲ noun
- ˈԱٰ adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of impenetrable1
Example Sentences
His downfall, like hundreds of other serious criminals in the UK, had been his trust in the Encrochat encrypted phone network - which was believed to be impenetrable.
After his third consecutive riot, Tovar turned to the Olympic Auditorium, the impenetrable concrete bunker in downtown Los Angeles where he’d hosted Black Flag a year before.
Gurpreet entered the US on 15 January, five days before President Trump took office - believing that he had made it just in time, before the borders became impenetrable and rules became tighter.
However, he redeems himself as an administrator by writing impenetrable new rules on the size of officers’ sideburns and mustaches.
“It’s really hard to build an impenetrable wall against our fears, but you don’t have to latch onto those fears and dwell on them either,” he added.
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