calculatedadjective
uk/ˈkæl.kjə.leɪ.tɪd/us/ˈkæl.kjə.leɪ.t̬ɪd/C2 planned or arranged in order to produce a particular effect:
It was a cruel, calculated crime with absolutely no justification.
[ + to infinitive ] It's a policy that was hardly calculated to (= will not) win votes.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Planning, expecting and arranging
- accidentally
- accidentally on purpose idiom
- advertent
- advisedly
- aim
- aim at sth
- calculate
- chart
- engineer
- in the pipeline idiom
- intend
- intent
- intention
- intentional
- promise
- scheme
- scientific
- see sth coming idiom
- set sth up
- strategic
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