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imponderable

  • /ɪmˈpɒndəɹəbl/ UK
  • /ɪmˈpɑːndəɹəbl/ US

adjective more imponderable · most imponderable

  1. Not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight; incapable of being weighed.
  2. Difficult or impossible to comprehend or evaluate.

noun imponderables

  1. A substance or body, which is not ponderable, i.e., which not does not having a detectable amount of matter or measurable mass. An imponderable substance or body; specifically, in the plural, a name formerly applied to heat, light, electricity, and magnetism.
  2. An imponderable question.
  3. A factor that cannot be anticipated. One key imponderable is the attitude of the companies that will no longer have a role in the business. It is worth noting here that several have already thrown the towel in or been gently pushed out, such as Stagecoach and National Express.

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adj not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight

Españolimponderable
Deutschunwägbar
Ελληνικάαστάθμητος astáthmitos
Русскийневесо́мый nevesómyj

adj difficult or impossible to comprehend

Deutschunwägbar, unberechenbar, unkalkulierbar
Ελληνικάαστάθμητος astáthmitos

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@misc{imponderable_2026,
  title = {imponderable},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/imponderable},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}