incomputable

American  

[in-kuhm-pyoo-tuh-buhl] / ˌɪn kəmˈpyu tə bəl /

adjective

1. incapable of being computed; incalculable.

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incomputable British  

/ ˌɪnkəmˈpjuːtəbəl /

adjective

1. incapable of being computed; incalculable

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Other Word Forms

• incomputability noun
• incomputably adverb

Etymology

Origin of incomputable

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

Example Sentences

But experts say Go presents an entirely different challenge because of the game's incomputable number of move options which means that the computer must be capable of human-like "intuition" to prevail.

From BBC

How much more truly, gloriously fantastically incomputable – 42 years and many children's books later – that calculation is today.

From The Guardian

Even when Turing was kept busy by wartime code-breaking and the practical implementation of his universal computer, he never forgot that he had, in 1936, discovered something even bigger: the 'incomputable' world.

From Nature

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 Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg