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Inordinate

Inordinate Meaning & Definition
Inordinate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Inordinate?

[adj] beyond normal limits; "excessive charges"; "a book of inordinate length"; "his dress stops just short of undue elegance"; "unreasonable demands"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Inordinate: excessive | immoderate | undue | unreasonable

Related Terms | Find terms related to Inordinate: a bit much | abandoned | aggrandized | amplified | ballyhooed | bibulous | bigoted | boundless | crapulent | crapulous | cutthroat | disproportionate | dizzy | egregious | enormous | exacting | exaggerated | excessive | exorbitant | extortionate | extra | extravagant | extreme | extremist | fabulous | fanatic | fancy | gigantic | gluttonous | gouging | grandiloquent | gratuitous | grossly overpriced | haggard | high | high-flown | hyperbolic | hypertrophied | immoderate | incontinent | indulgent | inflated | inflationary | intemperate | irrational | magnified | monstrous | out of bounds | out of sight | outrageous | overbig | overdeveloped | overdone | overdrawn | overemphasized | overemphatic | overenthusiastic | overestimated | overgreat | overgrown | overindulgent | overindulging | overlarge | overmuch | overpraised | overpriced | overreligious | oversold | overstated | overstressed | overweening | overwrought | overzealous | perfervid | preposterous | prodigal | profuse | prohibitive | puffed | rabid | self-indulgent | skyrocketing | spiraling | steep | stiff | stretched | supererogatory | superfluous | superlative | surplus | swinish | too much | touted | towering | ultrazealous | unbridled | uncalled-for | unconscionable | unconstrained | uncontrolled | undisciplined | undue | unfrugal | unlimited | unmeasurable | unmeasured | unreasonable | unrestrained | untempered | unthrifty | unwarranted | usurious | wanton | wild-eyed | wild-looking | zealotic

See Also |

Inordinate In Webster's Dictionary

\In*or"di*nate\, a. [L. inordinatus disordered. See {In-} not, and {Ordinate}.] Not limited to rules prescribed, or to usual bounds; irregular; excessive; immoderate; as, an inordinate love of the world. ``Inordinate desires.'' --Milton. ``Inordinate vanity.'' --Burke. -- {In*or"di*nate*ly}, adv. -- {In*or"di*nate*ness}, n.

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