Definitions for EXCESSIVE
ɪkˈsɛs ɪvex·ces·sive

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. excessive, inordinate, undue, unreasonableadjective

   beyond normal limits

   "excessive charges"; "a book of inordinate length"; "his dress stops just short of undue elegance"; "unreasonable demands"

2. excessive, extravagant, exuberant, overweeningadjective

   unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings

   "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. excessiveadjective

   Exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate.

   "I personally consider putting a wide vibrato on a single 16th triplet note at 160 beats per minute rather excessive, nay even stupid."

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Excessiveadjective

   Etymology: excessif, French; from excess.

   1. Beyond the common proportion of quantity or bulk.

   If panicum be laid below and about the bottom of a root, it will cause the root to grow to an excessive bigness. Francis Bacon.

   2. Vehement beyond measure in kindness or dislike.

   Be not excessive toward any. Ecclus. xxxiii. 29.

   The people whose property it is, by excessive favour, to bring great men to misery, and then to be excessive in pity, departed away grieved and afraid. John Hayward.

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1. excessive

   Excessive refers to an amount, quality, action, or degree that goes beyond what is regarded as usual, normal, necessary, tolerable or reasonable. It implies an extreme or unnecessary surplus, often to the point that it can be harmful or disadvantageous.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Excessiveadjective

   characterized by, or exhibiting, excess; overmuch

British National Corpus

1. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'EXCESSIVE' in Adjectives Frequency: #679

How to pronounce EXCESSIVE?

1. Alex

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   Mia

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   Karen

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of EXCESSIVE in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of EXCESSIVE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of EXCESSIVE in a Sentence

1. Ken Parker:

   I'm not gon na lie, like there were all kinds of people that went to Charlottesville that knew there were going to be a bunch of conflicts and they were just chomping at the bit waiting to be able to defend themselves with, like, extremely excessive force.

2. John Garruto:

   Just as New York schools have nurses to address the physical health needs of New York students, they need to have the appropriate school-employed mental health professionals, such as school psychologists, to meet the social and emotional needs of New York students to prevent excessive absences due to these issues.

3. The OIG:

   The former Region 9 Administrator made excessive trips to Southern California and claimed ineligible travel costs, he made 88 trips in total from October 2006 through January 2009. For 51 of the 88 trips (58 percent), the former Region 9 Administrator traveled to Orange County/Los Angeles County (OC/LA), California, near the former Region 9 Administrator’s residence, at a cost of approximately $69,000.

4. David Stebbins:

   At some point you would think that some segment of society, if not all of society, will say that enough is enough and this goes beyond seeking justice to excessive retribution, but unfortunately, I don't think we are there yet.

5. Na Jeong-hwan:

   (KOSPI) recovered from excessive declines earlier in the session that were driven by sharp losses from biopharmaceutical shares.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=EXCESSIVE
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Excessive
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=EXCESSIVE
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/EXCESSIVE