Uninterested vs Impervious - What's the difference?
uninterested | impervious | Related terms |
(obsolete) Unmotivated by personal interest; unbiased, disinterested.
Not interested; indifferent, not concerned.
Unaffected or unable to be affected by.
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Preventive of any penetration; impenetrable, impermeable, particularly of water.
Immune to damage or effect.
Uninterested is a related term of impervious.
As adjectives the difference between uninterested and impervious
is that uninterested is (obsolete) unmotivated by personal interest; unbiased, disinterested while impervious is unaffected or unable to be affected by.uninterested
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- I was uninterested in the TV program, so I read a book instead.
