Impenetrable Definition

impenetrable
adjective
  1. not admitting of penetration or passage into or through; "an impenetrable fortress"; "impenetrable rain forests"
  2. permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter; "dense smoke"; "heavy fog"; "impenetrable gloom"
  3. impossible to understand; "impenetrable jargon"

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