calculated

Arrived at or determined by mathematical calculation; ascertained mathematically.

Adjective

  1. Arrived at or determined by mathematical calculation; ascertained mathematically.
    • The calculated total appeared to be wrong.
  2. Carefully thought out or planned.
    • 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.
  3. Calculating; unemotional and analytical.
    • 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...
    • Being very calculated, he knew very well the arrival and departure hours, and respected them. - 2017, Alexander T, Cruise Ships, Behind the Iron Wall:
    • 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...

Forms

more calculated most calculated

Derived

calculatedly calculated mistake calculatedness calculated risk uncalculated

Verb

  1. simple past and past participle of calculate