imponderable

[ im-pon-der-uh-buhl ]

/ ɪmˈpɒn dər ə bəl /

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adjective

not ponderable; that cannot be precisely determined, measured, or evaluated.

noun

an imponderable thing, force, agency, etc.

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Origin of imponderable

From the Medieval Latin word imponderābilis, dating back to 1785–95. See im-², ponderable

OTHER WORDS FROM imponderable

im·pon·der·a·bil·i·ty, im·pon·der·a·ble·ness, nounim·pon·der·a·bly, adverb

Words nearby imponderable

impolder, impolicy, impolite, impolitic, imponderabilia, imponderable, impone, imponent, import, importance, important

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How to use imponderable in a sentence

Descartes suggested a nearly imponderable solution, in which motion is just a shifting of the relative positions of objects, and the invisible object that we call space, along their shared surfaces.
We Have to Talk About Doubt - Issue 104: Harmony|David Krakauer|September 1, 2021|Nautilus
What Warhol gives us is magnificently imponderable, as normal things (such as urinals) are in the world.
Warhol's Self-Portrait as a Toilet|Blake Gopnik|September 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
There were, Caro said, regions of ether too subtle to sustain even so imponderable a poet as Mr. Prothero.
The Creators|May Sinclair
Every letter which came from the absent sister did inclose some imponderable unmounted photograph, with comments.
Girls and Women|Harriet E. Paine (AKA E. Chester}

We are in the present day upon the trace of a great many important facts relating to the imponderable agencies employed in nature.
The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 3, March, 1852|Various
Is or is not that which is called magnetic effluvia a something, a stuff or a substance, invisible and imponderable though it be?
Reincarnation|Th. Pascal
It had simply affected his imagination, which was a consequence of the imponderable sort.
Confidence|Henry James

British Dictionary definitions for imponderable

imponderable

/ (ɪmˈpɒndərəbəl, -drəbəl) /

adjective

unable to be weighed or assessed

noun

something difficult or impossible to assess

Derived forms of imponderable

imponderability or imponderableness, nounimponderably, adverb

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imponderable

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