scaleproof

English

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Etymology

From scale +‎ -proof.

Adjective

scaleproof (comparative more scaleproof, superlative most scaleproof)

  1. Resistant to the buildup of scale (the mineral deposit).
  2. Resistant to being scaled (climbed).
    • 2020 May 28, Scott Mariani, The Pretender’s Gold (Ben Hope, Book 21), HarperCollins UK, →ISBN:
      When the company had built a scale-proof fence worthy of a prison compound and brought in security personnel to eject the protesters, the ecowarriors had simply sharpened up their game by sabotaging construction vehicles, slashing tyres and setting an awful lot of valuable machinery ablaze, until in the end the company execs had been forced to cut their losses and give up.

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