robust
/ɹoʊˈbʌst/ adjective C1- Able to withstand adverse conditions.
- Evincing strength and health; strong; (often, especially) both large and healthy. · He was a robust man of six feet four.· robust health
- Requiring strength or vigor. · robust employment
- Sensible (of intellect etc.); straightforward, not given to or confused by uncertainty or subtlety. · robust findings· robust proof
- Rough; rude.
- Designed or evolved in such a way as to be resistant to total failure despite partial damage.
- Resistant or impervious to failure regardless of user input or unexpected conditions.
- Not greatly influenced by errors in assumptions about the distribution of sample errors.
Comparative robuster · Superlative robustest
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It is seldom that any man, unless he is very full-blooded, breaks out in this way through emotion, so I hazarded the opinion that the criminal was probably a robust and ruddy-faced man.
I had pictured him as a more robust and ruffianly person.”
Drummers and bassists were integrated into the ensembles, providing a robust rhythmic foundation that practically demanded audiences get up and dance.
Scientific studies indicate that actively deciphering complex physical environments stimulates this region, fostering the creation of robust and resilient neural pathways.
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