Inordinate Definition

ĭn-ôrdn-ĭt
adjective
Exceeding reasonable limits; immoderate.
American Heritage
Disordered; not regulated.
Webster's New World
Lacking restraint or moderation; too great or too many; immoderate.
Webster's New World

Excessive; unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude; extreme.

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Origin of Inordinate

  • Middle English inordinat from Latin inōrdinātus disordered in- not in–1 ōrdinātus past participle of ōrdināre to set in order (from ōrdō ōrdin- order ar- in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin inordinatus (“not arranged, disordered, irregular”), from in- + ordinatus, past participle of ordinare (“to arrange, order”); see ordinate, order.

    From Wiktionary

Inordinate Sentence Examples

  • Maximilian was also a writer of books, and his writings display his inordinate vanity.

  • In the Upper House he was the spokesman of the gentry against the magnates, whose inordinate privileges he would have curtailed or abolished.

  • Nevertheless, the influence of Donna Olimpia was baneful; and she made herself thoroughly detested for her inordinate ambition and rapacity.

  • But it was found that there were no funds in the treasury to satisfy their inordinate demands, and they were obliged to be contented with one-half the stipulated sums, which, after many difficulties, were paid in specie and in jewels, with the exception of 584,905 rupees.

  • The two points thus meeting, the bill is 1 This peculiarity is found as an accidental malformation in the crows (Corvidae) and other groups; it is comparable to the monstrosities seen in rabbits and other members of the order Glires, in which the incisor teeth grow to an inordinate length.

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Words Starting With

IININO

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ETEATE

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Words Starting With I and Ending With E

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