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Definition of "incalculable" []

  • Impossible to calculate: a mass of incalculable figures. (adjective)
  • Too great to be calculated or reckoned: incalculable wealth. (adjective)
  • Impossible to foresee; unpredictable: "The motions of her mind were as incalculable as the flit of a bird” ( Edith Wharton). (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "incalculable" in a sentence
  • "Any stigma that results from disclosing risks so complex as to be incalculable is appropriate."
  • "Its influence, though incalculable, is not in the slightest danger of being exaggerated."
  • "The value of all this free promotion is incalculable, which is no doubt why so many Republicans are using politics as merely a way to cash in big time as nothing more than entertainers."