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| impervious [ im púrvi əss ] |
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1. not responsive: remaining unmoved and unaffected by other people's opinions, arguments, or suggestions
  The directors were impervious to the growing resentment among the staff.
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2. not letting something through: not allowing passage into or through something
impervious to damp
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| [Mid-17th century. < Latin impervius< pervius (see pervious)] |
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| imperviously adverb |
| imperviousness noun |
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