Antonyms for inordinate
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : in-awr-dn-it |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈɔr dn ɪt |
Definition 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
- 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
Synonyms for inordinate
- disproportionate
- dizzying
- exorbitant
- extortionate
- extreme
- gratuitous
- immoderate
- intemperate
- irrational
- outrageous
- overindulgent
- overmuch
- preposterous
- supererogatory
- superfluous
- surplus
- too much
- towering
- uncalled-for
- unconscionable
- uncurbed
- undue
- unmeasurable
- unreasonable
- unrestrained
- untempered
- unwarranted
- wanton
- wasteful
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