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impenetrable

/ɪmˈpɛnətɹəbəl/
adjective
  1. Not penetrable.

    "The fortress is impenetrable, so it cannot be taken."

  2. Incomprehensible; fathomless; inscrutable.

    "Business jargon makes this document impenetrable, I can't understand it."

  3. Opaque; obscure; not translucent or transparent.

    "When night falls, she cloaks the world in impenetrable darkness."

Synonymsimpregnable, unfathomable
Antonymsfathomable, penetrable, pregnable

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