incalculable

adj — 3 senses

incalculable

adj

/ɪnˈkæl.kjə.lə.bəl/ · [ɪnˈkʰæɫ.kjəˌlə.bl̩]

Etymology From in- + calculable.

1

Mathematics, Sciences Impossible to calculate.

2

Too much, too vast, or too numerous to enable computation.

  • The loss the National Library suffered from the fire is incalculable.
3

Of a person's mood or character, etc.: impossible to predict.

  • He is incalculable when he's drunk. He can turn from an amiable person into a violent horror in a moment.
Synonyms
countless, incalculable, incomputable, inestimable, noncalculable, uncalculable, uncomputable, unestimable
Antonyms
calculable, calculatable
Derived terms
incalculableness
Related terms
incalculability, incalculably, immeasurable, immensurable, unmeasurable, calculate, indescribable, innumerable
Hyponyms
indivisible, undividable, undivisible, priceless, unpriceable, noncomputable, nonrecursive

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