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imponderable

UK/ɪmˈpɒndəɹəbl//ɪmˈpɑːndəɹəbl/

imponderable adjective: not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight; incapable of being weighed.

Adjective

imponderable (comparative more imponderable, superlative most imponderable)

  1. Not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight; incapable of being weighed.
  2. Difficult or impossible to comprehend or evaluate.

Noun

imponderable (plural imponderables)

  1. A substance or body, which is not ponderable, i.e., which not does not having a detectable amount of matter or measurable mass. An imponderable substance or body; specifically, in the plural, a name formerly applied to heat, light, electricity, and magnetism.
  2. An imponderable question.
  3. A factor that cannot be anticipated.
    • One key imponderable is the attitude of the companies that will no longer have a role in the business. It is worth noting here that several have already thrown the towel in or been gently pushed out, such as Stagecoach and National Express.2024 July 10, Christian Wolmar, “The future of the rail franchises is certainly uncertain”, in RAIL, number 1013, page 50

imponderable meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Kannada

imponderable in Tamil

கணிக்க முடியாதது, கணக்குக் கடந்தத, சில்லறையானது, பளுவற்ற, இலேசான, கனமில்லாத

imponderable in Urdu

بلاوزن, غیرمادی

imponderable in Bengali

অচিন্তনীয়, অতি সূক্ষ্ম

imponderable in Kannada

ವಿಚಾರಕ್ಕೆ ಸಿಲುಕದ, ಯೋಚಿಸಲಾಗದ, ತಿಳಿಯಲಾಗದ, ಅಳೆಯಲಾರದ, ಅಂದಾಜು ಕಟ್ಟಲಾಗದ, ಅನೂಹ್ಯವಾದ

Forms of imponderable

Adjective
comparativemore imponderable
superlativemost imponderable
Noun
pluralimponderables

Origin of imponderable

From im- + ponderable.

Words formed from imponderable

Questions about imponderable

What does imponderable mean?
Imponderable means not ponderable; without sensible or appreciable weight; incapable of being weighed.
What is imponderable in Tamil?
Imponderable in Tamil is கணிக்க முடியாதது, கணக்குக் கடந்தத, சில்லறையானது. See Imponderable meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is imponderable?
Imponderable can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce imponderable?
Imponderable is pronounced /ɪmˈpɒndəɹəbl/ (UK).

Words near imponderable in the dictionary

  1. impoliticly
  2. impoliticness
  3. imponderabilia
  4. imponderabilities
  5. imponderability
  6. imponderable
  7. imponderableness
  8. imponderables
  9. imponderably
  10. imponderous
  11. impone

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Adapted from Wiktionary: imponderable (page history and authors); imponderable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); imponderable (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Imponderable (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); imponderable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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