Vocabulary Builder — Essay & Answer Writing
Calibrated
adjective / verb
/ KAL-uh-bray-tid /
Medium
Meaning
Carefully adjusted or fine-tuned to achieve a precise, balanced result
Origin / Etymology
From calibrate, derived from calibre, the internal diameter of a gun barrel; from French calibre via Arabic qalib (mould)
Synonyms
Measured
Fine-tuned
Balanced
Graduated
Adjusted
Antonyms
Crude
Indiscriminate
Blunt
Haphazard
Example Sentence
"A calibrated climate finance taxonomy with green and transition tiers avoids both starving industry of capital and enabling greenwashing."
🎯 UPSC Usage
Excellent for GS2 and GS3 answers that propose a middle path between two extremes. Use to describe a policy that is neither too strict nor too loose, for example a calibrated hedging strategy in foreign policy or a calibrated regulatory response.
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