uncalculating

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   not motivated by strategic self-interest or careful calculation; spontaneous and unscheming

   Her uncalculating generosity made no attempt to secure praise or repayment.

Formed from un- + calculating. Here calculating carries its figurative sense 'shrewdly planning for personal advantage,' so the negative adjective came to describe conduct that is spontaneous, guileless, or free from self-interest.

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