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UK
/kˈælkjʊlˌeɪtɪd/
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[ US /ˈkæɫkjəˌɫeɪtɪd/ ]
[ US /ˈkæɫkjəˌɫeɪtɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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carefully thought out in advance
with measured irony
a calculated insult
he made a deliberate decision not to respond negatively
How To Use calculated In A Sentence
- The resettlement fee shall be calculated according to the number of agricultural population to be resettled.
- On the same day the pound fell four pfennigs to DM2. 8324, as speculators calculated that Gordon Brown was not going to repeat the mistake which John Major made as Chancellor in 1990, by fixing the pound at too high a level against the mark.
- That which is soft and effeminate, which is calculated to excite the passions, by multitudes of ambiguous expressions, (not the less dangerous for being so cloaked) should be considered by Christians as an abuse the more deplorable, as it has even been censured and condemned by the pagans. The Life and Legends of Saint Francis of Assisi
- Inwardly glowing with impatience, Arthur yet saw the necessity of obeying his guide; and when he had pulled the long and loose upper vestment from the old man, he stood before him in a cassock of black serge, befitting his order and profession, but begirt, not with a suitable sash such as clergymen wear, but with a most uncanonical buff-belt, supporting a short two-edged sword, calculated alike to stab and to smite. Anne of Geierstein
- Aliquots were withdrawn at the indicated times, the viable titer was determined, and the percentage of survivors was calculated.
- ‘You took a pre-meditated, calculated and awful revenge,’ the judge told him.
- Even the betting person makes a carefully calculated and rational decision about where to put his or her money.
- Cavil, Doral and another Simon how long have you got buddy? find the dead doctor Simon and once again Cavil shows himself to be a pathetic military planner, he admits he "miscalculated" Boomer's actions. VARIANTS: DAYBREAK, PT II - REVIEW
- After accumulating enough data, we calculated that each person spent at least a full minute in a stall.
- Objectively, a calumny is a mortal sin when it is calculated to do serious harm to the person so traduced. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux