What does inordinate mean?
Definitions for inordinate
ɪnˈɔr dn ɪtin·or·di·nate
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Princeton's WordNet
excessive, inordinate, undue, unreasonableadjective
beyond normal limits
"excessive charges"; "a book of inordinate length"; "his dress stops just short of undue elegance"; "unreasonable demands"
Wiktionary
inordinateadjective
Excessive; unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude; extreme.
Etymology: From inordinatus, from in- + ordinatus, past participle of ordinare; see ordinate, order.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Inordinateadjective
Irregular; disorderly; deviating from right.
Etymology: in and ordinatus, Latin.
These people at first were wisely brought to acknowledge allegiance to the kings of England; but being straight left unto their own inordinate life, they forgot what before they were taught. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.
Thence raise
At last distemper'd, discontented thoughts;
Vain hopes, vain arms, inordinate desires,
Blown up with high conceits engend'ring pride. John Milton.From inordinate love and vain fear comes all unquietness of spirit. Jeremy Taylor, Guide to Devotion.
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inordinate
Inordinate generally refers to something that is unusually or disproportionately large; excessive or exceeding reasonable limits. It often has a negative connotation, indicating a degree or amount that is inappropriate or unnecessary.
Webster Dictionary
Inordinateadjective
not limited to rules prescribed, or to usual bounds; irregular; excessive; immoderate; as, an inordinate love of the world
Etymology: [L. inordinatus disordered. See In- not, and Ordinate.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Inordinate
in-or′di-nāt, adj. beyond usual bounds: irregular: immoderate.—ns. Inor′dinacy, Inor′dinateness.—adv. Inor′dinately.—n. Inordinā′tion, deviation from rule: irregularity. [L. inordinatus—in, not, ordināre, -ātum, to arrange.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of inordinate in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of inordinate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of inordinate in a Sentence
They have to collect an inordinate amount of information on you, your background, your family, your friends, your animals, your pets, for the last 50 years.
I have spent an inordinate amount of time on this in the last four weeks; it was probably my number one priority, digging into the industrial schedule.
There was no inordinate amount of equipment or materials or anything on that roof that caught my building official’s eye that would make it alarming as to this place collapsing.
It must require an inordinate share of vanity and presumption, too, after enjoying so much that is good and beautiful on earth, to ask the Lord for immortality in addition to all.
Unlike Megyn Kelly, who resorts to putting out statements via FOX News, Mr. Trump will continue to defend himself against the inordinate amount of unfair and inaccurate coverage he receives on her second-rate show each night.
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