Inordinate
adjective
Much more than is reasonable or expected.
I spent an inordinate amount of time on homework.
adjective
Extreme or unreasonable in size, amount, or degree.
They have inordinate power over the economy.
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Academic
adjective
Exceeding reasonable limits, immoderate.
He's always had an inordinate desire for wealth.
adjective
Going beyond what is usual, normal, or proper.
She has an inordinate fondness for sweets.
adjective
Much more than is reasonable or expected.
I spent an inordinate amount of time on homework.
adjective
Extreme or unreasonable in size, amount, or degree.
They have inordinate power over the economy.
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Exceeding reasonable limits, immoderate.
He's always had an inordinate desire for wealth.
adjective
Going beyond what is usual, normal, or proper.
She has an inordinate fondness for sweets.
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/2Impractical Extent
Use 'inordinate' to express that something is done beyond practical limits, not just more than usual.
He took an inordinate amount of time just to tie his shoes.
Pro Tip 2/2Negative Feel
'Inordinate' often carries a negative connotation, suggesting that something is overly done to a fault.
Her inordinate talking during the movie was incredibly annoying.
Pro Tip 1/2Impractical Extent
Use 'inordinate' to express that something is done beyond practical limits, not just more than usual.
He took an inordinate amount of time just to tie his shoes.
Pro Tip 2/2Negative Feel
'Inordinate' often carries a negative connotation, suggesting that something is overly done to a fault.
Her inordinate talking during the movie was incredibly annoying.
Pro Tip 1/2Impractical Extent
Use 'inordinate' to express that something is done beyond practical limits, not just more than usual.
He took an inordinate amount of time just to tie his shoes.
Pro Tip 2/2Negative Feel
'Inordinate' often carries a negative connotation, suggesting that something is overly done to a fault.
Her inordinate talking during the movie was incredibly annoying.
Compare with
disproportionateexaggerateexcessiveextravagantextremeimmoderatereasonablerestrain
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So when we think about child development, we all know that the first five years are a critical period for language and attachment in the brain. It's a time when your ordinary, day-to-day life has an inordinate impact on who you will become.
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Why 30 is not the new 20...
So when we think about child development, we all know that the first five years are a critical period for language and attachment in the brain. It's a time when your ordinary, day-to-day life has an inordinate impact on who you will become.
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Mother Angelica
American Educator
Love has been defined, analyzed, explained and excused. It has been the cause of wars, feuds, heroism, martyrdom, inordinate passion, and beautiful friendships. It pulls two people of opposite temperaments together into a married state and permits them to live happily. It makes friends understand each other without the necessity of words.
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Yotam Ottolenghi
Israeli Chef
Speaking as someone who didn't go through the U.K. school system, with all the culinary baggage that entails, I am inordinately fond of custard in any shape or form.
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George Washington Carver
American Scientist
From a child, I had an inordinate desire for knowledge and especially music, painting, flowers, and the sciences, Algebra being one of my favorite studies.
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Charles Horton Cooley
American Sociologist
The literature of the inner life is very largely a record of struggle with the inordinate passions of the social self.
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Thomas Merton
American Author
Attachment to spiritual things is... just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.
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A. N. Wilson
English Writer
I might be deceiving myself but I do not think that I do have an inordinate fear of death.
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Carter Burwell
American Composer
Death is always around the corner, but often our society gives it inordinate help.
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Ann Beattie
American Writer
I think that I'm serious, but I don't think that I'm inordinately bleak.
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Philip Roth
American Novelist
Unless one is inordinately fond of subordination, one is always at war.
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Andrew Carnegie
Scottish Businessman
Whatever I engage in, I must push inordinately.
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Mother Angelica
American Educator
Love has been defined, analyzed, explained and excused. It has been the cause of wars, feuds, heroism, martyrdom, inordinate passion, and beautiful friendships. It pulls two people of opposite temperaments together into a married state and permits them to live happily. It makes friends understand each other without the necessity of words.
Quote examples
Yotam Ottolenghi
Israeli Chef
Speaking as someone who didn't go through the U.K. school system, with all the culinary baggage that entails, I am inordinately fond of custard in any shape or form.
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George Washington Carver
American Scientist
From a child, I had an inordinate desire for knowledge and especially music, painting, flowers, and the sciences, Algebra being one of my favorite studies.
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Charles Horton Cooley
American Sociologist
The literature of the inner life is very largely a record of struggle with the inordinate passions of the social self.
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Thomas Merton
American Author
Attachment to spiritual things is... just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.
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A. N. Wilson
English Writer
I might be deceiving myself but I do not think that I do have an inordinate fear of death.
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Carter Burwell
American Composer
Death is always around the corner, but often our society gives it inordinate help.
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Ann Beattie
American Writer
I think that I'm serious, but I don't think that I'm inordinately bleak.
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Philip Roth
American Novelist
Unless one is inordinately fond of subordination, one is always at war.
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Andrew Carnegie
Scottish Businessman
Whatever I engage in, I must push inordinately.
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