imponderable
adjective
im·pon·der·a·ble
(ˌ)im-ˈpän-d(ə-)rə-bəl 
: not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness
the imponderable beauties of Beethoven's … sonatas—
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imponderable
noun
Examples of imponderable in a Sentence
the imponderable vastness of space
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Add to these twists the imponderable of artificial intelligence, which drastically accelerates human decision-making and thus increases the potential for human error, especially under pressure.
—Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 17 Aug. 2025
Crookes was universally recognized as one of the greatest scientists of the Victorian era, at the forefront of research on invisible forces and imponderable phenomena.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
The wealth of data collected under the 702 program is imponderable.
—Dell Cameron, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2023
And underneath all that would be something very imponderable, thrilling, heavy, and challenging.
—Vulture, 17 July 2023
In essence, the slow process of the plates cooling to bedrock, like the evolution of biological life itself, responds to an activity of unsettlingly imponderable and cataclysmic scale.
—Lawrence Jackson, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
For both America and the demonstrators so hopeful of fundamental change during the Arab Spring, there remains an imponderable: Could another similar wave of popular unrest surge again?
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Apr. 2023
Another imponderable is how much lower gas prices would be if Britain produced more itself.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022
But Clapper was wrong to suggest that the will to fight is imponderable.
—Scott Atran, Foreign Affairs, 2 Dec. 2019
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Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 17 Aug. 2025
Crookes was universally recognized as one of the greatest scientists of the Victorian era, at the forefront of research on invisible forces and imponderable phenomena.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
The wealth of data collected under the 702 program is imponderable.
—Dell Cameron, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2023
And underneath all that would be something very imponderable, thrilling, heavy, and challenging.
—Vulture, 17 July 2023
In essence, the slow process of the plates cooling to bedrock, like the evolution of biological life itself, responds to an activity of unsettlingly imponderable and cataclysmic scale.
—Lawrence Jackson, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
For both America and the demonstrators so hopeful of fundamental change during the Arab Spring, there remains an imponderable: Could another similar wave of popular unrest surge again?
—Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Apr. 2023
Another imponderable is how much lower gas prices would be if Britain produced more itself.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022
But Clapper was wrong to suggest that the will to fight is imponderable.
—Scott Atran, Foreign Affairs, 2 Dec. 2019
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“Imponderable.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/imponderable. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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imponderable
adjective
im·pon·der·a·ble
(ˈ)im-ˈpän-d(ə-)rə-bəl
: not able to have the importance, strength, or value figured out
an imponderable mystery
imponderable
noun
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