inordinate

C2 Topic:Mind & Cognition

Also spelled inord’nate

US /ɪnˈɔɹd(ə)nət/ UK /ɪnˈɔːdɪnət/
adj Freq #49492

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Excessive; unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude.

    Mortifie therefore your members which are vpon the earth: fornication, vncleannesse, inordinate affection, euill concupiscence, and couetousnesse, which is idolatrie:.

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Synonyms
1 adj · excessive; unreasonable or... disproportionateexorbiantexorbitantextortionableextortionateextortiousextravagantextreme
Word family
Forms inordinately

Etymology

From Middle English inordinat, from Latin inōrdinātus (“not arranged, disordered, irregular”), from in- + ordinatus, past participle of ōrdināre (“to arrange, order”).

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