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Definition of Impenetrable

Impenetrable

  1. Incapable of being penetrated or pierced; not admitting the passage of other bodies; not to be entered; impervious; as, an impenetrable shield.
  2. Having the property of preventing any other substance from occupying the same space at the same time.
  3. Inaccessible, as to knowledge, reason, sympathy, etc.; unimpressible; not to be moved by arguments or motives; as, an impenetrable mind, or heart.

Impenetrable Quotations

The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure pure reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating and impenetrable fog!
Bill Watterson

On the morrow the horizon was covered with clouds- a thick and impenetrable curtain between earth and sky, which unhappily extended as far as the Rocky Mountains. It was a fatality!
Jules Verne

However impenetrable it seems, if you don't try it, then you can never do it.
Andrew Wiles

The future is hidden by a dark impenetrable veil, and yet we struggle to pierce through it.
Joseph Barber Lightfoot

Artists probably should have some impenetrable aspects of themselves.
Simon Callow
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Impenetrable Translations

impenetrable in Dutch is ondoordringbaar
impenetrable in German is undurchdringlich
impenetrable in Latin is impenetrabiilis
impenetrable in Norwegian is ugjennomtrengelig

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