A calculated insult. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : a calculated effort. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : to calculate the velocity of light. ,His remarks were calculated to inspire our confidence. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used without object) : They calculated on good weather. From Dictionary.com.
This paper bore a title calculated to reassure its readers. From Wordnik.com. [The Clique of Gold] Reference
Jon Dee, what you've calculated is not quite correct. From Wordnik.com. [Public option not likely to pass in the Senate, Hatch says] Reference
What's calculated is the intent to disguise and distract. From Wordnik.com. [Lance Mannion:] Reference
The Days Out is automatically calculated from the Date Out and. From Wordnik.com. [3/14/08: My submission tracking process] Reference
Evidently "right-o" was not a word calculated to win in Twisted Nose's vocabulary. From Wordnik.com. [Spring Street A Story of Los Angeles] Reference
You can display any information that can be calculated from the cursor coordinates. From Wordnik.com. [Wolfram Blog : Get Coordinates: New in 6.0.2] Reference
The cost, as Heinlein calculated it: five cents per U.S. citizen per day through the 1960s. From Wordnik.com. [The blue haze of distance] Reference
CHRISTOPHER WINNER, "AMERICAN" MAGAZINE: Yes, but we have to use the word calculated judiciously. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 9, 2005] Reference
The Richter magnitude is calculated from the amplitude of the largest seismic wave recorded for the earthquake. From Wordnik.com. [Shake Rattle & Roll] Reference
A TABLE showing the mean temperature of each month in each year, for all the recorded years, calculated from the 7, A. M. From Wordnik.com. [Census of the City of Charleston, South Carolina, For the Year 1861. Illustrated by Statistical Tables. Prepared under the Authority of the City Council by Frederick A. Ford] Reference
Did He say one word calculated to make him a better man?. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I Including His Answers to the Clergy, His Oration at His Brother's Grave, Etc., Etc.] Reference
Be careful to utter no word calculated to beget mischief. From Wordnik.com. [How the Southern Negro is Supporting the Government] Reference
Sara with an expression calculated to shake the stoutest heart. From Wordnik.com. [The Convert] Reference
Did He say one word calculated to excite in the breast of Cain the slightest real sorrow for his deed?. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll, Volume I Including His Answers to the Clergy, His Oration at His Brother's Grave, Etc., Etc.] Reference
Then I gazed quietly around with a William S. Hart expression calculated to allay any undue excitement. From Wordnik.com. [The Enormous Room] Reference
It reflected what the board described as a calculated move towards monolingualism by all levels of government. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Q Did he ever think of the word "calculated" as pejorative. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry] Reference
Maybe their laziness isn't pure laziness but a kind of calculated laziness. From Wordnik.com. [Jeff Dorchen: Really? Tax Cuts Again? Can't You... I Mean, Tax Cuts? Again?] Reference
Others, primarily conservatives, accused her of a cynically "calculated" play for sympathy. From Wordnik.com. [John Neffinger: Hillary's Moment] Reference
Geological Survey and Google Earth, the way they've kind of calculated where the seismic activity is. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 25, 2009] Reference
Now I doubt it is Edwards because it would make him look like his decision (if he goes for Obama) is a 'calculated' one. From Wordnik.com. [Edwards Endorsement Meeting With Obama Canceled] Reference
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