Antonyms of adj acid-fast

1 sense of acid-fast

Sense 1
acid-fast -- (not easily decolorized by acid solutions; pertains to micro-organisms (especially the tubercle bacillus that causes tuberculosis))

INDIRECT (VIA impervious) -> pervious -- (admitting of passage or entrance; "pervious soil"; "a metal pervious to heat")

Similarity of adj acid-fast

1 sense of acid-fast

Sense 1
acid-fast -- (not easily decolorized by acid solutions; pertains to micro-organisms (especially the tubercle bacillus that causes tuberculosis))
       => impervious (vs. pervious), imperviable -- (not admitting of passage or capable of being affected; "a material impervious to water"; "someone impervious to argument")

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