immoderate

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪˈmɑdɚət/ UK /ɪˈmɒdərət/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
exceeding reasonable limits; excessive

His immoderate spending soon emptied the family coffers.

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Synonyms

1 adj · exceeding reasonable... excessive extravagant intemperate inordinate extreme unrestrained

Opposites

moderate temperate restrained reasonable

Word family

Forms immoderately

Derived forms immoderatelyimmoderationimmoderateness

Related forms moderate moderation mode

Etymology

From Latin immoderatus ('boundless, unrestrained'), from in- ('not') + moderatus ('moderated, restrained'), from moderari ('to regulate').

immoderatus Latin moderari Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# immoderate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ɪˈmɑdɚət/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪˈmɒdərət/

## Meanings
1. exceeding reasonable limits; excessive

## Examples
- His immoderate spending soon emptied the family coffers.

## Synonyms
- excessive
- extravagant
- intemperate
- inordinate
- extreme
- unrestrained

## Antonyms
- moderate
- temperate
- restrained
- reasonable

## Derived Forms
- immoderately
- immoderation
- immoderateness

## Related Forms
- moderate
- moderation
- mode

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: immoderatus
- Root: moderari

## Etymology
From Latin immoderatus ('boundless, unrestrained'), from in- ('not') + moderatus ('moderated, restrained'), from moderari ('to regulate').

## AI Etymology
Immoderate comes from Latin immoderatus ('boundless, unrestrained'), from in- ('not') + moderatus ('moderated, restrained'), from moderari ('to regulate'). The etymological trail includes Latin immoderatus and Latin moderari. As an adjective, immoderate means exceeding reasonable limits; excessive. The same family is visible in derived forms such as immoderately, immoderation, and immoderateness and related forms such as moderate, moderation, and mode. Morphologically, the word is built from the elements named in its history, so the modern form preserves a visible compound, prefix, or suffix structure.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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