Word of the Day 10.29.08
imponderable
im·pon·der·a·ble (
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n
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adj.
That cannot undergo precise evaluation: imponderable problems.
im·ponder·a·ble n.
im·pon
der·a·bili·ty, im·ponder·a·ble·ness n.
im·ponder·a·bly adv.
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Noun |
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imponderable – a factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed; “human behavior depends on many imponderables”influence – a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do; “her wishes had a great influence on his thinking” |
Adj. |
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imponderable – difficult or impossible to evaluate with precision; “such imponderable human factors as aesthetic sensibility”ponderable – capable of being weighed or considered; “something ponderable from the outer world–something of which we can say that its weight is so and so”- James Jeans |