sth does not compute

sth does not compute
sth does not compute
used to say that something does not having any meaning, or does not seem possible or correct: »

It can't be done, it doesn't compute.

»

The situation was bothering me because something about it just didn't compute.

Main Entry: compute

Financial and business terms. 2012.

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