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IMPONDERABLE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A factor whose effects cannot be accurately assessed

Example:

human behavior depends on many imponderables

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("imponderable" is a kind of...):

influence (a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "imponderable"):

leaven; leavening (an influence that works subtly to lighten or modify something)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Difficult or impossible to evaluate with precision

Example:

such imponderable human factors as aesthetic sensibility

Classified under:

Adjectives

Antonym:

ponderable (capable of being weighed or considered)

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