impervious

Infinitive complement

• attack: The netting over the side-hatch seems impervious to attack by the cats.
• wind: Made by hand using the trusted techniques of the wrought-iron craft, each piece is impervious to wind and weather.

Modifying Another Word

• totally: Expensive measures offer present solutions Liquid crystal display monitors are totally impervious to the effects of magnetic fields.
• virtually: It is virtually impervious to corrosion, light compared to steel, and far tougher than GRP.
• largely: By contrast, Type 2 projects remain largely impervious to our efforts at improvement.
• almost: Our splendid main battle tank is almost impervious to the rocket propelled grenade, which is the weapon of choice of the enemy.
• so: Just what does make a man behave the way he does and so impervious to the feelings of others.
• not: Remember, the old, traditional materials and finishes were textured, rather that highly finished, porous not impervious.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• make: This makes the coach almost entirely impervious to radio signals, making the Handy useless.

Modifies a noun

• container: Food storage All food, excluding live foods intended for feeding to livestock on the premise, must be stored in impervious closed containers.
• clay: Local geology is 7 meters of sands & gravels overlying impervious clays.
• surface: Glossary: Glaze: An impervious surface on a pot, not necessarily shiny.
• layer: Sometimes an impervious layer may develop in some soils.
• material: Walls The walls with which cats may come into contact must be of smooth impervious materials, capable of being easily cleaned.
• glove: Those using dry ice or liquid nitrogen should always wear well insulated impervious gloves to protect against freeze burns.

Used with adjective complement

• seem: The Misuse of Drugs Act seems impervious to amendment or repeal.
• remain: By contrast, Type 2 projects remain largely impervious to our efforts at improvement.
• become: This is to prevent the damage caused by PAS from becoming impervious to improvement.
• appear: He does not age and appears impervious to weapons of individual destruction.
• prove: In her innocence she ruins all their plans and proves impervious to their attempts to bump her off.