inordinate

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UK/ɪnˈɔːdɪnət/US/ɪnˈɔɹd(ə)nət/

adjective

Excessive; unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude.

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immoderatedisproportionateundueextremeexorbiantexorbitantextortionableextortionate
OriginMiddle English inordinat ← Latin inōrdinātus →
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Meanings

adjectiveinordinate (comparative more inordinate, superlative most inordinate)

comparative more inordinate · superlative most inordinate

  1. Excessive; unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude.

    Mortifie therefore your members which are vpon the earth: fornication, vncleannesse, inordinate affection, euill concupiscence, and couetousnesse, which is idolatrie:

    1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Colossians 3:5

    Synonyms: immoderate, disproportionate, undue, extreme, disproportionate, exorbiant, exorbitant, extortionable

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveExcessive; unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude.

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immoderatedisproportionateundueextremedisproportionateexorbiantexorbitantextortionableextortionateextortiousextravagantpenalsky-highusurious

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivebeyond normal limits

Similar
excessiveundueunreasonableimmoderate
Also see
disproportionateexcessiveexorbitantextortionateextortiousextravagantgashimmoderatepenalprodigalredundantsky-highundueunordinateunreasonableusurious

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latininōrdinātus“not arranged, disordered, irregular”
  2. Middle Englishinordinat
  3. Englishinordinate

From Middle English inordinat, from Latin inōrdinātus (“not arranged, disordered, irregular”), from in- + ordinatus, past participle of ōrdināre (“to arrange, order”).

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Translations

Bulgarian прекомерен, прекален
  • прекомерен (prekomeren)excessive; unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude
  • прекален (prekalen)excessive; unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude
Czech nezřízený
  • nezřízenýexcessive; unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude
Dutch buitenproportioneel
  • buitenproportioneelexcessive; unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude
German außerproportional
  • außerproportionalexcessive; unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude
Russian чрезмерный
  • чрезмерный (črezmernyj)excessive; unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude
Spanish inordinado, inordenado
  • inordinadoexcessive; unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude
  • inordenadoexcessive; unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude
  • desmesuradoexcessive; unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude
  • desmedidoexcessive; unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude
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APA

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Chicago

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