incomputable

[ in-kuhm-pyoo-tuh-buhl ]

adjective

1. incapable of being computed; incalculable.

incomputable

/ ˌɪnkəmˈpjuːtəbəl /

adjective

1. incapable of being computed; incalculable

Derived Forms

• ˌincomˌputaˈbility, noun
• ˌincomˈputably, adverb

Other Words From

• incom·puta·bly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of incomputable¹

First recorded in 1600–10; in- ³ + computable ( def )

Example Sentences

They were born and they die for ends to them as incomputable as the path of a cannon-shot fired into the darkness.

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Across that Ocean, at a distance incomputable by the human intellect, is the male half of our system.

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Whatever may have been the number, the sum of human misery was incomputable.

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It gave incomputable energy to the centralization of our Government.

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We have endeavored to explain why our weather is so uncertain and incomputable.

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