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There are two terms that come to mind.

The first is "impossible".

The second is "pre-failed".

As the drunk has observed, you can't fall off the floor.

If you're looking for a term for a system which is highly immune to failure, "resiliant" comes to mind.

Take Tesla's solid-state, no-moving-parts one-way fluid valve. It has no moving parts to break (though it could conceivably be fouled by dust, dirt, sediment, or debris).

http://makezine.com/2012/01/05/the-tesla-valve-one-way-flow-...

"Overengineered" is another possibility.



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