calculating
calc
ˈkÃĻlk
kālk
u
jə
yē
la
ˌleÉĒ
lei
ting
tÉĒng
ting
/kˈÃĻlkjƊlˌe‍ÉĒtÉĒŋ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "calculating"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āĻ—āĻŖāύāĻžāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ•, āĻ•ā§ŒāĻļāϞāĻ—āϤ

(of a person) using clever planning and strategies to achieve their goals
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She was a calculating individual who always knew how to get ahead.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϜāύ āĻ—āĻŖāύāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻĻāĻž āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϜāĻžāύāϤ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āĻ—āĻŖāύāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀, āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻĒāϰ

carefully planning actions to benefit oneself, often at the expense of others
Disapproving
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The calculating politician only supported popular policies to win votes.
āĻ—āĻŖāύāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āϰāĻžāϜāύ⧀āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ āϕ⧇āĻŦāϞ āĻ­ā§‹āϟ āĻœā§‡āϤāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϜāύāĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āύ⧀āϤāĻŋāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύāĨ¤

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