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impassible.

Adjective
Formal
MEANING

Incapable of suffering or feeling pain.

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  • impassible deity
  • impassible nature

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The account imagined an impassible deity watching the mortal struggle.
She contrasted the impassible figure with those who could be wounded.

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impassible

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Capacity adjective; comparison normally not used. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.

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