inordinate
not within proper or reasonable limits; immoderate; excessive: He drank an inordinate amount of wine.
unrestrained in conduct, feelings, etc.: an inordinate admirer of beauty.
disordered or uncontrolled.
not regulated; irregular: Keeping such inordinate hours will not help with your sleep issues.
Origin of inordinate
1Other words for inordinate
Opposites for inordinate
Other words from inordinate
- in·or·di·nate·ly, adverb
- in·or·di·nate·ness, noun
Words Nearby inordinate
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How to use inordinate in a sentence
Jimmy Carter scolded Americans for their “inordinate fear of communism.”
Owl monkey offspring get an inordinate amount of care from their fathers.
P.J. on the Owl-Monkey Project and the Science of Chick Flicks | P. J. O’Rourke | April 6, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe calories sustain guests who spend inordinate amounts of time outside, particularly at night, when the Northern Lights are out.
Visiting the Arctic Circle…Before It’s Irreversibly Changed | Terry Greene Sterling | April 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThen you will spend an inordinate amount of time figuring out how to cover your head up.
A Breast Cancer Alphabet: F Is For Fashion Accessories | Madhulika Sikka | February 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFacebook exerts an inordinate amount of control over your life.
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But the inordinate and fortuitous gains from land are really only one example from a general class.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockShe slid into the silence with a technicality, asking if John still took his old inordinate amount of sugar.
Tales and Fantasies | Robert Louis StevensonThe companies are declared to be impoverished by the taking of inordinate numbers of apprentices.
The Influence and Development of English Gilds | Francis Aiden HibbertAnd was the empty purse supposed to be especially significant of an inordinate fondness for phonograph music—or what?
Molly Make-Believe | Eleanor Hallowell AbbottHe fought back his despair, his jealousy, his inordinate fear.
Quin | Alice Hegan Rice
British Dictionary definitions for inordinate
/ (ɪnˈɔːdɪnɪt) /
exceeding normal limits; immoderate
unrestrained, as in behaviour or emotion; intemperate
irregular or disordered
Origin of inordinate
1Derived forms of inordinate
- inordinacy or inordinateness, noun
- inordinately, adverb
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