calculated
Arrived at or determined by mathematical calculation; ascertained mathematically.
Adjective
- Arrived at or determined by mathematical calculation; ascertained mathematically.
- The calculated total appeared to be wrong.
- 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.
- 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
Derived
calculatedly calculated mistake calculatedness calculated risk uncalculated
Verb
- simple past and past participle of calculate