inordinate
Americanadjective
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not within proper or reasonable limits; immoderate; excessive.
He drank an inordinate amount of wine.
- Synonyms:
- disproportionate, unreasonable, outrageous, exorbitant, extreme
- Antonyms:
- reasonable
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unrestrained in conduct, feelings, etc..
an inordinate admirer of beauty.
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disordered or uncontrolled.
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not regulated; irregular.
Keeping such inordinate hours will not help with your sleep issues.
adjective
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exceeding normal limits; immoderate
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unrestrained, as in behaviour or emotion; intemperate
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irregular or disordered
Other Word Forms
- inordinacy noun
- inordinately adverb
- inordinateness noun
Etymology
Origin of inordinate
First recorded in 1350–1400; from Middle English inordinat, from Latin inordinātus “disordered,” equivalent to in- in- 3 + ordinātus “orderly, appointed”; ordain, ordinate
Example Sentences
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“A lot of the big philanthropies, you know, they’ll spend inordinate amounts of resources trying to retire a handful of coal plants in one country,” he said.
Still, that seems like an inordinate number of launches.
From Los Angeles Times
In two recent games they have played with 10 men versus 11 for inordinate amounts of time and yet won both of those matches.
From BBC
Fish spends an inordinate amount of time thinking about that hallway.
From Los Angeles Times
Scotland have an incredible habit of going scoreless for inordinate amounts of time in Test matches.
From BBC
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