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impenetrability

[ im-pen-i-truh-bil-i-tee, im-pen- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the state or quality of being impenetrable.
Physics. that property of matter by virtue of which two bodies cannot occupy the same space simultaneously.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of impenetrability¹

First recorded in 1655–65; impenetr(able) + -ability

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Meeting after meeting, they repeat the theme: Quintana’s problems may have been exacerbated by the impenetrability of her parents’ bond, or by her mother’s tendency to distance.

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Stewart spent most of her life building a façade of impenetrability and invulnerability, controlling and crafting an image of calm, assured expertise.

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Despite the lack of leaves, the blackened trunks and fingerlike branches filled in all gaps, making the forest a huge ruin of impenetrability.

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The picture’s core flaw remains Phoenix’s Napoleonic impenetrability.

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Within hours, its impenetrability was exposed as flawed.

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