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incalculable, a.|ɪnˈkælkjʊləb(ə)l|
[f. in-3 + calculable. So in F. (1789 in Hatz.-Darm.).]
1. That cannot be calculated.
a. That cannot be reckoned up; of an amount or number greater than can be computed; beyond calculation.
1795Burke Scarcity Wks. VII. 398 They may even in one year of such false policy, do mischiefs incalculable. 1815W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 253 The incalculable benefits derivable from education. 1842Lytton Zanoni 28 They say his wealth is incalculable.
b. That cannot be reckoned or determined beforehand; incapable of being estimated or forecast.
1796Burke Regic. Peace i. Wks. VIII. 83 Passing, with a rapid, eccentrick, incalculable course, from the wildest anarchy to the sternest despotism. 1846Hawthorne Mosses i. v. 127 Thrusting himself into an incalculable position.
2. Of a person or his disposition: That cannot be reckoned upon; such that his action cannot be estimated or forecast.
1876Geo. Eliot Dan. Der. v. xxxvii, Anxiety about the beloved but incalculable son. 1879― Theo. Such vi. 123 An uncertain incalculable temper. |