I’m successfully using partial import from jquery-ui. I mean import to my module only what I needed from jquery-ui:
import $ from 'jquery';
import 'jquery-ui/themes/base/core.css';
import 'jquery-ui/themes/base/theme.css';
import 'jquery-ui/themes/base/selectable.css';
import 'jquery-ui/ui/core';
import 'jquery-ui/ui/widgets/selectable';
( But take in account that I’m using webpack https://webpack.github.io/, in other environment approach may differ)