incalculable

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

adjective

Impossible to calculate.

“The loss the National Library suffered from the fire is incalculable.”

UncommonScrabble 18

Meanings

adjectiveincalculable (comparative more incalculable, superlative most incalculable)

comparative more incalculable · superlative most incalculable

  1. not comparablemathematicsImpossible to calculate.

    Synonyms: incomputable

  2. not comparableToo much, too vast, or too numerous to enable computation.

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

    Synonyms: innumerable, unimaginable, huge

  3. comparableOf 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: capricious, fickle

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveImpossible to calculate.

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

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

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivenot able to be computed or enumerated

Opposite

adjectivetoo much to be measured

Similar

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishin-
  7. Englishcalculable
  8. Englishincalculable

From in- + calculable.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Bengali বেশুমার
  • বেশুমার (beśumar)very great or numerous
Catalan incalculable, incalculable
  • incalculableimpossible to calculate
  • incalculablevery great or numerous
Czech nevypočitatelný, nevypočitatelný
  • nevypočitatelnýimpossible to calculate
  • nevypočitatelnýof a person's mood or character: impossible to predict
Dutch onberekenbaar
  • onberekenbaarof a person's mood or character: impossible to predict
Finnish lukematon, arvaamaton
  • lukematonvery great or numerous
  • arvaamatonof a person's mood or character: impossible to predict
French incalculable, incalculable
  • incalculableimpossible to calculate
  • incalculablevery great or numerous
  • imprévisibleof a person's mood or character: impossible to predict
German unabsehbar, unkalkulierbar
  • unabsehbarimpossible to calculate
  • unkalkulierbarimpossible to calculate
  • unschätzbarvery great or numerous
  • unberechenbarof a person's mood or character: impossible to predict
Greek ανυπολόγιστος, ανυπολόγιστος
  • ανυπολόγιστος (anypológistos)impossible to calculate
  • ανυπολόγιστος (anypológistos)very great or numerous
Italian incalcolabile, incalcolabile
  • incalcolabileimpossible to calculate
  • incalcolabilevery great or numerous
Japanese 計れない, 桁外れの
  • 計れない (hakarenai)impossible to calculate
  • 桁外れの (ketahazure no)impossible to calculate
  • 箆棒な (berabō na)impossible to calculate
  • 計り知れない (hakarisirenai)very great or numerous
  • 桁外れの (ketahazure no)very great or numerous
  • 莫大な (bakudai na)very great or numerous
  • 膨大な (bōdai na)very great or numerous
  • 気紛れな (kimagure na)of a person's mood or character: impossible to predict
Polish nieobliczalny, nieobliczalny
  • nieobliczalnyimpossible to calculate
  • nieobliczalnyvery great or numerous
  • nieobliczalnyof a person's mood or character: impossible to predict
Portuguese incalculável, incalculável
  • incalculávelimpossible to calculate
  • incalculávelvery great or numerous
Spanish incalculable, incalculable
  • incalculableimpossible to calculate
  • incalculablevery great or numerous
Swedish oberäknelig
  • oberäkneligimpossible to calculate
Turkish hesapsız
  • hesapsızimpossible to calculate
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