Associations to the word «Calculated»

Wiktionary

CALCULATED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of calculate
CALCULATED, adjective. Produced by calculation
CALCULATED MISTAKE, noun. An intentional error, usually to avoid some worse outcome, especially when done as a ruse.

Dictionary definition

CALCULATED, adjective. Carefully thought out in advance; "a calculated insult"; "with measured irony".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats