Impervious

Adjective

 * 1) unaffected or unable to be affected by
 * The man was completely impervious to the deception we were trying.
 * 1) preventative of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable
 * Although patchworked and sagging, the roof proved impervious to the weather.
 * 1) immune to damage or effect
 * The old car seemed to be impervious to the wear and tear of age.

Adverbs for Impervious
tightly; snugly; callously; securely; satisfactorily; scientifically; hermetically; hopelessly; entirely; utterly; manifestly; reportedly; allegedly; actually; genuinely.

Thesaurus
Philistine, airtight, ballproof, beyond reach, bombproof, bulletproof, burglarproof, callous, calloused, case-hardened, closed forever to, closed to, corrosionproof, dampproof, fire-resisting, fireproof, flameproof, flinty, foolproof, hard, hardened, hardhearted, hermetic, holeproof, impassable, impenetrable, impermeable, impersuadable, impersuasible, impervious to, inaccessible, indurated, inflexible, insensitive, inured, leakproof, lost to, noiseproof, nonpuncturable, obstinate, out of reach, pachydermatous, proof, proof against, punctureproof, resistant, rustproof, shatterproof, shellproof, soundproof, steeled against, steely, stony, thick-skinned, tight, un-come-at-able, unaccessible, unamenable, unapproachable, unattainable, unavailable, undiscoverable, ungettable, unimpressionable, uninfluenceable, unmovable, unobtainable, unpassable, unperforable, unpersuadable, unpierceable, unpliable, unprocurable, unreachable, unreceptive, unresponsive, unsecurable, unsuggestible, unsusceptible, unswayable, unyielding, watertight, weatherproof

Etymology
From impervius "cannot be passed through," from in- "not" + pervius "letting things through"

Translations

 * German: gleichgültig, unempfindlich
 * Hungarian: megingathatatlan
 * Russian: непроницаемый, невосприимчивый, неуязвимый


 * Turkish: etkilenmez


 * German: undurchlässig
 * Hungarian: áthatolhatatlan
 * Italian:


 * Russian: непроницаемый
 * Turkish: geçirmez, su geçirmez


 * German: undurchdringlich, undurchdringbar
 * Hungarian: ellenálló


 * Russian: невосприимчивый, неуязвимый
 * Turkish: dayanıklı

Related terms

 * imperviously
 * imperviousness