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

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

For the first time in his life, he was resentful of the Duke's great elegance and average stature, his high lineage and incomputable wealth.

From Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story by Beerbohm, Max, Sir

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 Bernstein, Aaron David

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

From Natural History of the Mammalia of India and Ceylon by Sterndale, Robert Armitage

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