[usuallybeforenoun] carefully planned to get what you want:
a calculated insult * He took a calculated risk (= a risk that you decide is worth taking even though you know it might have bad results).
IDIOMS
be calculated to do sth to be intended to do sth; to be likely to do sth:
Her latest play is calculated to shock. * This sort of life is not calculated to appeal to a young man of 20.
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