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inordinate adjective [ ɪˈnɔːdɪnət ]

• unusually or disproportionately large; excessive.
• "the case had taken up an inordinate amount of time"
Similar: excessive, undue, unreasonable, unjustifiable, unwarrantable, disproportionate, out of all proportion, unconscionable, unwarranted, unnecessary, needless, uncalled for, exorbitant, extreme, outrageous, preposterous, immoderate, overabundant, superfluous, extravagant, unrestrained, unrestricted, unlimited, over the top, OTT,
Opposite: moderate, limited,
• (of a person) unrestrained in feelings or behaviour.
Origin: late Middle English: from Latin inordinatus, from in- ‘not’ + ordinatus ‘arranged, set in order’ (past participle of ordinare ).


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