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

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.
John Adams