imponderable

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    a factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed
  • Adjective:
    difficult or impossible to evaluate with precision

Word Origin

imponderable (adj.)
1794, "weightless," from assimilated form of in- (1) "not, opposite of" + ponderable (see ponder). Figurative use, "unthinkable," from 1814. Related: Imponderably. As a noun, by 1842.

Example

1. Our resources in technical knowledge are imponderable .
2. Europe is a huge imponderable .
3. Granted , happiness is a personal , imponderable thing .
4. The great imponderable forces of nature .
5. The impact on the environment of this massive oil spillage is imponderable .

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