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incalculable

incalculable

13 8.1
Too great to measure or count
  • adjective
  • /ɪnˈkælkjʊləbəl/
translation icon : incalculable
  • Her kindness to the community has had incalculable effects, creating a legacy that will last for years.
  • incalculable damage

It's it's one of these sort of incalculable losses.

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Examples

  • The impact of climate change on future generations is incalculable, making it essential for us to take action today.

  • A successful test of a faster-than-light propulsion system would have incalculable significance for the human race.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • The loss of life out here is incalculable and...

  • The loss to science has been, uh, incalculable.

  • Destructive conflicts resulted in incalculable loss of human and material resources.

    Academic text (1992)
  • If you had any idea this was coming and you withheld it, your life goals, should you have any, would suffer incalculable damage.

  • Especially when that bullying results in an incalculable amount of injustice and human suffering.

    Blog text (1)
  • I have to warn the Soviets in the clearest possible terms that they risk taking us to the brink of an armed confrontation with incalculable consequences for all mankind.

  • The contributions of scientists throughout history have had an incalculable influence on modern technology.

Synonyms

enormous
vsincalculable
842 2.1

Very large in size, amount, or effect

stresses total inability to calculate rather than merely being much larger
infinite
vsincalculable
183 4.2

Without limits or end

is about being impossible to calculate numbers rather than having no end
immense
vsincalculable
141 3.7

Very large in size, amount, or degree

is about extreme size that cannot be measured rather than just very big
unimaginable
vsincalculable
63 5.4

So strange or large that people cannot believe it

is about inability to count or calculate rather than difficulty imagining them
untold
vsincalculable
52 4.8

A very large amount that cannot be counted or measured

is the same idea but used for very large amounts without exact figures
limitless
vsincalculable
41 4.0

Very large and without any end

means inability to calculate only when limitlessness prevents measurement
boundless
vsincalculable
27 5.0

Having no limit in size or amount

is more about endlessness than strict numerical uncountability
endless
vsincalculable
19 2.5

Very large in number that seems to have no limit

suggests a lack of end rather than specific impossibility to calculate
immeasurable
vsincalculable
14 5.5

So large or great you cannot say how big

is focused on being impossible to calculate rather than merely very large
unbounded
vsincalculable
4 6.3

Not limited in amount or size

is similar but stresses counting impossibility more than physical borders
inestimable
vsincalculable
3 8.6

So great that you cannot measure its value

is broader, meaning impossible to calculate for any reason, not only worth
unmeasurable
vsincalculable
1 6.2

Too large or without clear limits to say how big it is

is about impossibility to calculate numbers rather than merely lacking limits
unquantifiable
vsincalculable
1 7.8

Impossible to measure or show with a number

is similar but stresses inability to calculate rather than only to number
measureless
vsincalculable
  • Literature
1 7.5

Very large in size or number with no clear limit

is the same idea focused on numerical calculation impossibility
imponderable
vsincalculable
  • Formal
1 9.2

Hard to predict or measure exactly

is about clear impossibility to calculate rather than mere estimation difficulty
illimitable
vsincalculable
  • Literature
1 9.9

An amount or space that has no end and cannot be measured

is focused on counting impossibility rather than merely lacking physical boundaries
immensurable
vsincalculable
9.9

Too great to measure

is described as impossible to calculate rather than just vast but countable
innumerous
vsincalculable
9.6

So many that you cannot count them

focuses on extreme quantity rather than on general inability to calculate measures

Antonyms

1 4.9

Possible to work out using numbers

How Measurable

measurable
41 3.7
incalculable
13 8.1

Surface Forms

incalculable positive

Morphology

incalculable = calculable (transparent) = in + calcul + able

The negative prefix 'in-' combines regularly with 'calculable' to mean 'not able to be calculated'.

Etymology

Incalculable begins with in- 'not' and comes from the same word as calculate, which traces back to Latin calculus 'small stone' because people once used little stones to count. So incalculable means 'not able to be counted' and is used for things too great or too many to measure.