incalculableadj.
/ɪnˈkalkjʊləb(ə)l/ 1. That cannot be calculated.
a. That cannot be reckoned up; of an amount or number greater than can be computed; beyond calculation.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > quantity > greatness of quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > vast, immense, or huge > therefore not able to be measured or estimated
unachteleda1325
inestimablec1374
unmeasureda1398
untolda1400
measurelessc1400
unmeasurablec1400
immeasurable1440
immensurable1535
unestimable1542
modeless1583
immeasured1590
unvalued1590
countless1593
unrecomptless1593
inestimate1614
starlike1616
unmeted1635
inestimal1678
invaluablea1694
immensurate1720
incalculablea1797
uncountable1858
a1797 E. Burke Thoughts on Scarcity (1800) 26 They may even in one year of such false policy, do mischiefs incalculable.
1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 253 The incalculable benefits derivable from education.
1842 E. Bulwer-Lytton Zanoni 28 They say his wealth is incalculable.
b. That cannot be reckoned or determined beforehand; incapable of being estimated or forecast.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [adjective] > unpredictable
contingentc1400
casualc1460
whimsical1654
precarious1687
ambiguous1759
incalculable1796
uncalculable1848
chancy1860
impredicable1864
fluky1880
aleatoric1921
contingency1931
iffy1937
1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France i. 7 Passing, with a rapid, eccentrick, incalculable course, from the wildest anarchy to the sternest despotism.
1846 N. Hawthorne 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.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [adjective] > of persons
slipperc1000
ficklea1275
untristya1387
flickering1430
untrusty1430
slidingc1435
unsurec1445
untraistc1485
unassure1531
slippery1555
untraisty1567
untrustful1569
unresponsable1619
uncanny1639
fair-weather1677
unresponsible1764
independable1802
unreliable1810
untrustworthy1846
undependable1860
incalculable1876
slithery1902
wonky1919
doubtful1925
1876 ‘G. Eliot’ Daniel Deronda III. v. xxxvii. 120 Anxiety about the beloved but incalculable son.
1879 ‘G. Eliot’ Theophrastus Such vi. 123 An uncertain, incalculable temper.
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