How to Use incalculable in a Sentence

incalculable

adjective
  • The extent of the damage is incalculable.
  • The future consequences of their decision are incalculable.
  • The collection is of incalculable value to historians.
  • The cost of rape may be incalculable—but this wasn't supposed to be part of it.
    Celeste Katz, Glamour, 29 Nov. 2018
  • For the families — and the state — the loss from the war on terror is incalculable.
    Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2021
  • For the families — and the state — the loss from the war on terror is incalculable.
    Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2021
  • The damage the woke mob has done to this country over the past decade is incalculable.
    Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 18 Apr. 2025
  • My heart goes out to him for the incalculable loss of his beloved mother.
    Clark Collis, EW.com, 19 Sep. 2022
  • The costs of this alone were incalculable, quite aside from the widespread failures and fraud.
    James MacKintosh, WSJ, 27 May 2021
  • But the benefits will be incalculable, and all of New York will own a share in them.
    New York Times, 8 June 2021
  • In many ways, the Wolverines say, the loss is incalculable.
    Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 12 Dec. 2020
  • In that way, the true toll of empty seats is incalculable.
    Theresa Vargas, Washington Post, 26 Nov. 2022
  • And the impact is going to be incalculable on the lives of women.
    ABC News, 8 May 2022
  • Sports are games, and games are charted with numbers, and the numbers from the past year are incalculable.
    Tim Reynolds, Star Tribune, 11 Mar. 2021
  • An incalculable cost is the time spent on the road away from family.
    Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The amount these speeches have added to the sum of human dullness is incalculable.
    New York Times, 21 Feb. 2022
  • The depth of the loss of these talented and beloved teammates, classmates, and friends is incalculable.
    CBS News, 28 May 2023
  • The loss of revenue here to the state government right now is incalculable.
    Joe Dziemianowicz, Bloomberg.com, 12 Mar. 2020
  • But the results of trying to box it up are incalculable.
    Crispin Sartwell, WSJ, 1 June 2018
  • And if Harbaugh leaves Michigan, as well, the coaching carousel could spin for weeks and cause incalculable damage on the West Coast.
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2024
  • The toll on the family, friends and colleagues of those who lost their lives itself is incalculable.
    Howard County Times, 26 July 2017
  • The dangers of giving up one’s moral judgment to a group are incalculable.
    Amber Scorah, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2019
  • The loss is incalculable, but in the face of that loss, friends and neighbors and strangers alike are banding together to help one another.
    Peter White, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The sense of incalculable loss and destruction worsens when much of their hope for the future is removed.
    Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 27 June 2017
  • The financial cost alone would be in the millions of dollars, but the human cost of new victims is incalculable.
    Kurt W. Wolfgang, Baltimore Sun, 22 Mar. 2025
  • The total cost of such a war in treasure and in blood is both incalculable and unacceptable.
    Walter Russell Mead, WSJ, 23 Apr. 2018
  • This incalculable debt starts to feel like a chokehold when the sisters fail to make the most of their opportunities.
    Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2023
  • Of course, all three are clients of agent Scott Boras, whose influence on the market is incalculable.
    Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 12 Dec. 2019
  • The damage the Trump administration has done to science in a few short months is both well documented and incalculable, but in recent days that assault has taken an alarming twist.
    Brian Barrett, Wired News, 10 Apr. 2025
  • The cost to scientific research generally and to households caring for those with chronic conditions such as ASD is incalculable.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2025

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