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Impenetrability

Quality of being impenetrable.

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Incomprehensibility 76% connected

The quality of being incomprehensible, or beyond the reach of human intellect; incomprehensibleness; inconceivability; inexplicability.

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Quality 76% connected

The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort;…

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Impenetrable 74% connected

Incapable of being penetrated or pierced; not admitting the passage of other bodies; not to be entered; impervious; as, an impenetrable shield.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Impenetrable 74% connected

Incapable of being penetrated or pierced; not admitting the passage of other bodies; not to be entered; impervious; as, an impenetrable shield.

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Impenetrableness 92% connected

The quality of being impenetrable; impenetrability.

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Penetrability 94% connected

The quality of being penetrable; susceptibility of being penetrated, entered, or pierced.

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Penetrability 94% connected

The quality of being penetrable; susceptibility of being penetrated, entered, or pierced.

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