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Synonyms for inordinate

Grammar : Adj
Spell : in-awr-dn-it
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈɔr dn ɪt

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Définition of inordinate

Origin :
  • late 14c., "not ordered, lacking order or regularity," from Latin inordinatus "unordered, not arranged," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + ordinatus, past participle of ordinare "to set in order" (see order). Sense of "immoderate, excessive" is from notion of "not kept within orderly limits." Related: Inordinately; inordinateness.
  • adj excessive, extravagant
Example sentences :
  • He seemed to have no inordinate desire for admiration or even for approbation.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • It is an inordinate paragraph, outraging all known rules of composition!
  • Extract from : « De Libris: Prose and Verse » by Austin Dobson
  • Sarah was not only under the influence of distrust, but of inordinate desire.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • His inordinate vanity could readily supply the reasons for such a course.
  • Extract from : « Tony Butler » by Charles James Lever
  • You have yet to learn that it has also an inordinate capacity for swallowing light.
  • Extract from : « Wood-Carving » by George Jack
  • He fought back his despair, his jealousy, his inordinate fear.
  • Extract from : « Quin » by Alice Hegan Rice
  • The devotion of her whole being cannot satisfy its inordinate demands.
  • Extract from : « Ernest Linwood » by Caroline Lee Hentz
  • All that was clear was their inordinate appetite for subsidies.
  • Extract from : « William Pitt and the Great War » by John Holland Rose
  • No sheep or heifers were killed, and no inordinate quantity of porter was drunk.
  • Extract from : « Lady Bountiful » by George A. Birmingham
  • They are not all duellists, nor all inordinate beer-drinkers.
  • Extract from : « Down the Rhine » by Oliver Optic

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