imponderable

Examples

• All

• The reasons for her sudden decision are imponderable, leaving everyone confused.

• Or certainly so it seemed, though we might wonder if other, perhaps imponderable factors were also at work.

• Believe me, I know what a man needs as he faces the imponderable questions of time's passing.

  Fiction book (1991)

• Thus, it serves as an evolving perception of what is essentially imponderable.

  Academic text (1999)

• She had no answer to a question so enormous and imponderable, and so she tried only to comfort Doc.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Evolutionary theory shines a light on deep time, making it disturbingly alien or imponderable in the process.

  Academic text (2017)

• He's absolutely serious, like a man plagued for years by an imponderable dilemma.

  Fiction book (1990)

• To some imponderable but large extent, our current democracy is not only as Weber described it but is as it is because Weber described it as he did.

  Academic text (2002)

• No matter how much data is collected, there is a level of randomness and imponderable effects—noise, as it were—that negates further precision.

  Blog text (4)

• Many imponderable elements can affect the outcome of a project, making it hard to plan.

Synonyms

I

immeasurable

vsimponderable

14 5.5

So large or great you cannot say how big

is used when precise estimates fail because the matter is unknown

I

incalculable

vsimponderable

13 8.1

Too great to measure or count

is used when precise estimates fail because the matter is unknown

I

indeterminate

vsimponderable

11 7.0

Not clearly known or decided

is used when precise estimation is hard because something cannot be known

I

inestimable

vsimponderable

3 8.6

So great that you cannot measure its value

is difficult to estimate precisely when the thing is unknown

U

unquantifiable

vsimponderable

1 7.8

Impossible to measure or show with a number

is about being hard to estimate precisely because details are unclear

U

unmeasurable

vsimponderable

1 6.2

Too large or without clear limits to say how big it is

is about difficulty estimating precisely due to unknown or uncertain status

I

indeterminable

vsimponderable

1 7.7

You cannot know for sure

is used when precision is impossible due to lack of information

U

unguessable

vsimponderable

1 8.8

Very hard to guess or predict

is about inability to estimate precisely because relevant data are missing

U

undeterminable

vsimponderable

7.6

It is not possible to know for sure

is hard to estimate precisely because it is unknown or vague

U

unascertainable

vsimponderable

9.8

Not possible to find out for certain

describes difficulty estimating precisely because facts remain unknown

I

incomputable

vsimponderable

• Specialized

9.9

Too hard to calculate or measure

is applied when precise measurement is impossible due to missing information

I

immensurable

vsimponderable

9.9

Too great to measure

is about difficulty estimating precisely when the facts are not known

Antonyms

P

ponderable

8.1

Important enough for people to think about or measure

How Measurable

quantifiable

9 5.0

measurable

41 3.7

uncertain

149 2.8

indeterminate

11 7.0

imponderable

• Formal

1 9.2

unknowable

19 7.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology