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imponderable

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Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

adjective

  1. difficult or impossible to evaluate with precision

    adj.all

    Examples
    Such imponderable human factors as aesthetic sensibility.
    Antonyms ponderable

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. Not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight; incapable of being weighed.

    adjective

    Source: webster1913

noun

  1. a factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed

    noun.cognition

    Examples
    Human behavior depends on many imponderables.

    Source: WordNet 3.0

  2. An imponderable substance or body; specifically, in the plural, a name formerly applied to heat, light, electricity, and magnetism, regarded as subtile fluids destitute of weight but in modern science little used.

    noun

    Source: webster1913

Nearby words

impolitenessimpoliticimpoliticalimpoliticlyimpoliticnessimponderabilityimponderablenessimponderousimponeimpoofoimpoonimpoor

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