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incomputable
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in·com·put·a·ble  (nkm-pyt-bl)
adj.
Impossible to compute or be computed; incalculable. See Synonyms at incalculable.

incom·puta·bili·ty n.

incomputable [ˌɪnkəmˈpjuːtəbəl]
adj
incapable of being computed; incalculable
incomputability  n
incomputably  adv
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Adj.1.incomputable - beyond calculation or measure; "of incalculable value"; "an incomputable amount"; "jewels of inestimable value"; "immeasurable wealth"
incalculable - not capable of being computed or enumerated


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The first major theorem in its resolution was the characterization of undecidable (unprovable) propositions that says, essentially, that a proposition is unprovable if it is ambiguous, i.
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