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impossible to measure or judge exactly
the imponderable vastness of space
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Recent Examples of imponderable
The ultimate result was an imponderable.
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Mery Mogollon, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2026
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
Mery Mogollon, Los Angeles Times, 3 Jan. 2026
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imponderable
Adjective
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Magical realism and/or the uncanny.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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The Nebula’s uncanny resemblance to a Bugatti has also raised eyebrows.—
Andy Browne,
semafor.com,
19 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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People were interacting at workstations with computers, flipping through books on shelves, reading mysterious notes on desks and watching strange videos.—
Jan Wagner,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Jan. 2026
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If anything, ChatGPT-3 has something of the oracular about it; for as mysterious as the writing process of any author may be in all sorts of intangible and ineffable ways, any person who works in words also understands what’s prosaic and gritty (and thus all the more beautiful) about writing.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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This mind-melter from Charlie Kaufman centers on an enigmatic Buckley as the conflicted girlfriend of Jesse Plemons’s awkward Jake, who takes her to meet his incredibly strange parents (Toni Collette and David Thewlis).—
Radhika Seth,
Vogue,
12 Jan. 2026
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One of Weir’s most enigmatic tracks, and easily one of his finest.—
A.D. Amorosi,
Variety,
11 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Although Nuccio is as down to earth as anyone could be, and definitely not a mystic, there can be no disputing his stature as a remarkable man.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
8 Jan. 2026
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Madonna was born and raised Catholic but has long practiced the Jewish mystic tradition of Kabbalah and adopted the Hebrew name Esther in 2004, per The Forward.—
Sophie Dodd,
PEOPLE,
21 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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This part of Utah is known for its dark skies which makes for optimal stargazing.—
Brittany Anas,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Prior to Washington's intervention, Venezuela relied on dark fleet tankers to export its oil and most flows headed to China, a key market for bitumen-rich grades such as Merey.—
Weilun Soon Bloomberg,
Arkansas Online,
21 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The most concerning signs of bullying are unexplainable injuries, self-harm or talk of suicide.—
Dr. Mahvash Madni,
Boston Herald,
4 Jan. 2026
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Machine learning models can produce unreliable, unpredictable and unexplainable outcomes.—
Anjana Susarla,
The Conversation,
12 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Inherent to the boarding school novel, then, is a deep sense of loss—an emotional gut punch that is a gift for any writer.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Jan. 2026
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The Trojans turned the turnovers into a 7-0 run over a span of just 43 seconds, highlighted by a deep three-pointer from Lawson and a dunk from Gatkek, to cut Eastern Illinois' lead to 43-41 less than four minutes into the second half.—
Michael Harley,
Arkansas Online,
16 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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God grant me the grace to forgive also, despite my unfathomable trauma.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
8 Jan. 2026
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On the contrary, over his previous four games (featuring three Knicks losses), Towns shot 4-of-9 from the field against the New Orleans Pelicans, 5-of-10 against the San Antonio Spurs, 6-of-16 against the Philadelphia 76ers and an unfathomable one-of-four against the Detroit Pistons.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
8 Jan. 2026
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