imponderable

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And then, the corollary: If we know so much less and think so much less, what of the imponderable essential of human society — of wisdom?

From Washington Post • Apr. 28, 2023

Mr Smith was more reluctant to consider what he called an "imponderable" question.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2023

One imponderable in predicting the course of an Elder governorship is how his accession to the job will itself affect the state’s political dynamics.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 3, 2021

We end up debating the appropriate words perhaps because debating the imponderable questions about what is a “rational” measure of concern for the underlying subjects is too much.

From Slate • Dec. 10, 2020

I hesitated, weighing and balancing the imponderable realities.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright