imponderable

Describes something that is impossible to estimate, measure, or foresee; often used in abstract or philosophical contexts.

• 🇩🇪Bezeichnet etwas, das sich nicht abschätzen, messen oder vorhersehen lässt; wird oft in abstrakten oder philosophischen Zusammenhängen verwendet.

1. Difficult to assess or measure C2 formal

   Something that is very hard or impossible to evaluate, estimate, or predict accurately.

   • The long-term effects of the new policy are imponderable.
   • The outcome of the experiment depends on many imponderable factors.
   • The artist's success is often due to imponderable elements like timing and luck.

   🇩🇪Schwer messbar

   Synonyme: immeasurableincalculableindeterminableinestimableunfathomableunmeasurable

   Antonyme: assessablecalculableestimablemeasurablequantifiable

• more imponderable comparative form
• most imponderable superlative form

A noun referring to a factor or element whose effects or consequences cannot be accurately assessed, measured, or predicted.

• 🇩🇪Etwas, dessen Einfluss, Folgen oder Ausmaß sich nicht genau messen, berechnen oder vorhersagen lässt; auch die Eigenschaft, unfassbar oder unkalkulierbar zu sein.

1. Unmeasurable factor C2 formal

   A factor whose effects or consequences cannot be accurately assessed or predicted.

   • The success of the project depends on many imponderables, such as public opinion.
   • In war, there are always imponderables that can change the outcome.
   • The imponderables of the market make long-term forecasting difficult.

   🇩🇪Unwägbarer Faktor

   Synonyme: incalculableintangibleuncertaintyunknownunknown quantityvariable

   Antonyme: calculablemeasurablequantifiable

• imponderables plural form
• imponderables' possessive plural form
• imponderable's possessive singular form