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UK
/ɪmpˈɒndəɹəbəl/
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[ US /ˌɪmˈpɑndɝəbəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˌɪmˈpɑndɝəbəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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difficult or impossible to evaluate with precision
such imponderable human factors as aesthetic sensibility
NOUN
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a factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed
human behavior depends on many imponderables
How To Use imponderable In A Sentence
- Calculation of consequences is always more imponderable than deduction from principles, so the room for disagreement remains considerable.
- At its heart, deterrence involves all of the imponderable elements of political will and decision making.
- Their superstar nuptials attract acclamation of imponderable scale, the industry falls at their feet in supplication, and the simplest family outing becomes an event of global import.
- This is a sophisticated military operation that will require a great deal of planing and there are many imponderables.
- The presence of so many imponderable factors necessarily renders the process a complex and imprecise one and one which is incapable of producing anything better than an approximate result.
- Low-browed individuals were deficient in the faculties that would enable them to feel the subtle attractions exercised by imponderable fluids on the rod.
- Some can be answered while others remain the imponderable stuff of philosophy.
- There are just too many imponderables flashing across the economic landscape.
- An almost imponderable quantity of this essential oil will suffice to aromatize a gallon of water. Scientific American, Volume XXXVI., No. 8, February 24, 1877 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures.
- What remains imponderable is the percentage of those who will remain active and whether their activities will be directed at international targets.