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?

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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. Ilan Kelman:

   Climate change is not stopping because of lockdowns, the extreme weather which we are witnessing is not excessive in terms of the history of humanity... it is very much in line with what we would expect under climate change.

2. John Feinblatt:

   In light of the recent, credible allegations of excessive invoicing and personal enrichment by insiders, it's encouraging that the New York Attorney General is looking into the The NRA, and we renew our call for other state and federal authorities to do the same.

3. Paxton Blair:

   There has been in recent years excessive emphasis on a citizen's rights and inadequate stress put upon his duties and responsibilities.

4. Hillary Clinton:

   We need to protect hard-working Americans here at home from excessive costs. Too often these drugs cost a fortune.

5. Erik Pevernagie:

   The excessive speed of mundialization, the exacting demands of the God of consumerism and the to-and-fro swinging, from one period to another and from one domain to another, cause inner heartaches. People feel like individuals “with no sense of belonging” and characters "without qualities”. ( "The church was no longer in the middle" )

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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
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Excessive