Inordinate

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  • adjective. Exceeding reasonable limits; immoderate. synonym: excessive.
  • adjective. Not regulated; disorderly.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Beyond prescribed order or proper bounds; not adequately limited or restrained; disorderly; excessive; immoderate: as, inordinate demands; inordinate vanity: rarely applied to persons.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Not limited to rules prescribed, or to usual bounds; irregular; excessive; immoderate.
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  • adjective. Excessive; unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude; extreme.
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  • adjective. beyond normal limits
    • Word Usage
    "I agree, but if progressives are only 20% you spend in inordinate amount of time harping on them."
    cross-reference
    inordinate proportion  
    Equivalent
    immoderate  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    carnal  especial  ever-increasing  excessive  exorbitant  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    a bit much  abandoned  aggrandized  amplified  ballyhooed  
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