incomputable
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of incomputable
First recorded in 1600–10; in- 3 + computable ( def. )
Example Sentences
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How much more truly, gloriously fantastically incomputable – 42 years and many children's books later – that calculation is today.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 30, 2014
The number of marriages built in this way, upon false foundations of hollowness and despair, is incomputable.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 10, August, 1858 by Various
And our damage therefrom, our DAMAGE,—yes, if thou be still human and not cormorant,—perhaps it will transcend all Californias, English National Debts, and show itself incomputable in continents of Bullion!—
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 01 by Thomas Carlyle
I, the inventor of this thing, so glorious in its aspect, so incomputable in its results,—was I to permit myself to go without reward?
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 by Various
Let us now examine the causes which disturb the regular currents of air, and which render the otherwise computable winds incomputable, thus producing the great irregularities of the weather.
From Popular Books on Natural Science For Practical Use in Every Household, for Readers of All Classes by Aaron David Bernstein
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