湖边社【每日一词】inordinate - adj. 过度的；无节制的；紊乱的
Definition: adjective 1: exceeding reasonable limits : IMMODERATE 2 archaic : DISORDERLY, UNREGULATED
inordinately adverb
inordinateness noun
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Although today it describes something that exceeds reasonable limits, inordinate used to be applied to what does not conform to the expected or desired order of things. That sense, synonymous with disorderly and unregulated, is no longer in use, but it offers a hint as to the origins of inordinate. The word traces back to the Latin verb ordinare, meaning “to arrange,” combined with the negating prefix in-. Ordinare is also the ancestor of such English words as coordination, ordain, ordination, and subordinate. The Latin root comes from the noun ordo, meaning “order” or “arrangement,” from which the English word order and its derivatives originate.
Synonyms
baroque,devilish,excessive,exorbitant,extravagant,extreme,fancy,immoderate,insane,intolerable,lavish,overdue,
overextravagant,overmuch,overweening,plethoric,steep,stiff,towering,unconscionable,undue,unmerciful
Choose the Right Synonym for inordinate
EXCESSIVE, IMMODERATE, INORDINATE, EXTRAVAGANT, EXORBITANT, EXTREME mean going beyond a normal limit.
EXCESSIVE implies an amount or degree too great to be reasonable or acceptable.
excessive punishment
IMMODERATE implies lack of desirable or necessary restraint.
immoderate spending
INORDINATE implies an exceeding of the limits dictated by reason or good judgment.
inordinate pride
EXTRAVAGANT implies an indifference to restraints imposed by truth, prudence, or good taste.
extravagant claims for the product
EXORBITANT implies a departure from accepted standards regarding amount or degree.
exorbitant prices
EXTREME may imply an approach to the farthest limit possible or conceivable but commonly means only to a notably high degree.
extreme shyness
Examples of inordinate in a Sentence
I waited an inordinate amount of time.
They have had an inordinate number of problems with the schedule.
Digressions on kids’ lullabies and a game involving the names of cities take up an inordinate amount of real estate.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2023
Sometimes the arguments against her feel more petty: A member of Harris’s staff remarked on the amount of down time the vice president schedules on trips, which includes an inordinate amount of time dedicated to hair care.
—Astead W. Herndon, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2023
So don’t be surprised if the waiting rooms of the chiropractors of the American Southwest are filled with an inordinate amount of patients wearing their new souvenir U2 shirts next week.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 29 Sep. 2023