calculated
/ˈkælkjʊleɪtɪd/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.10 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
simple past and past participle of calculate
adj
Arrived at or determined by mathematical calculation; ascertained mathematically.
adj
adj
Calculating; unemotional and analytical.
Example Sentences
- "The calculated total appeared to be wrong."
- "a calculated campaign of disinformation"
- "We made a calculated decision not to visit them on the first day, in case we seemed too eager."
- "Tobacco companies develop carefully calculated media campaigns."
- "Zivin’s (1982) findings bear this out, that as actors grow to adulthood they become increasingly calculated and less spontaneous about displaying nonverbals, and their displays correspondingly tend to be understood as more calculated and less spontaneous."
- "Her myriad “crimes reflected a stunning degree of calculated cruelty,” the judge wrote, and he called her “a coldly calculated criminal recidivist and serial killer who denied culpability, and possessed a high potential for future violence.”"
Inflected Forms
more calculated (comparative)
most calculated (superlative)