a factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed; "human behavior depends on many imponderables"
Used in a Sentence
imponderable
How to use imponderable in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for imponderable.
Editorial note
I hope you weren't thinking of them when making the "would have resigned" imponderable claim.
Examples8
Definitions2
Parts of speech2
Quick take
a factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed; "human behavior depends on many imponderables"
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of imponderable gathered in one view.
difficult or impossible to evaluate with precision; "such imponderable human factors as aesthetic sensibility"
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for imponderable.
noun
a factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed; "human behavior depends on many imponderables"
adjective
difficult or impossible to evaluate with precision; "such imponderable human factors as aesthetic sensibility"
Example sentences
I hope you weren't thinking of them when making the "would have resigned" imponderable claim.
Whether other universes could exist where such axioms do not obtain is something of an imponderable question.
That's a lot of imponderables based on unknown technologies, regulations, and economics, though.
When people are making buying or selling decisions they're often factoring in imponderables such as gossip, personal prejudices and vague hunches.
We also expect questions to represent real problems, not just imponderables, hypotheticals, or requests for opinions.
You may enjoy contemplating a sort of "epiphany" that I had during that usual pondering of imponderables:That the default or base state of existence may not be nothing, not "not even nothing", but rather Everything.
For many this is a morally acceptable alternative to a rotten system, for others it may remain an imponderable transgression of law and or ethics — either way, it is a viable alternative in addition to the above.
The imponderable bloom, declared by a discredited philosophy to be the actual essence of intercourse, was rightly ignored by the Machine, just as the imponderable bloom of the grape was ignored by the manufacturers of artificial fruit.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use imponderable in a sentence?
I hope you weren't thinking of them when making the "would have resigned" imponderable claim.
What does imponderable mean?
a factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed; "human behavior depends on many imponderables"
What part of speech is imponderable?
imponderable is commonly used as noun, adjective.