inordinate
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7.7
- adjective
- /ɪnˈɔrdɪnɪt/
- Formal
:
excesivo
- The students dedicated an inordinate amount of time preparing for the final exams, far exceeding what was necessary.
- inordinate amount
- inordinate amount of time
- inordinate number
From the time we're born, we spend an inordinate amount of time studying each others faces.
- From the time we're born, we spend an inordinate amount of time studying each others faces.
- And already before the pandemic, there was, you know, an inordinate amount of people moving there every day.
- I've had it when you need customer service and you call customer service and you spend an inordinate amount of time going through.
- Now, I hate that I was taxed without without it being acknowledged as a tax, and I feel that I've paid an inordinate amount of money.
- But yeah, I mean, the answer is yes, I would say that I spend an inordinate amount of time reflecting on whether I'm doing the right thing.
- Do you spend an inordinate amount of time listening to this person tell you how great, yet undiscovered they are?
- And my failure to be able to do that became an inordinate amount of shame because I thought I just wasn't doing it right.
- It's just got to be a But I'm also sure you get a an inordinate amount of free will jokes thrown your way and it must drive you nuts at this point.
Examples
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For 30 years we have paid you inordinate sums of money for your security.
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And already before the pandemic, there was, you know, an inordinate amount of people moving there every day.
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There seemed to be an inordinate number of cars in the parking lot.
Fiction book (2001) -
The biggest problem was the inordinate amount of time it took.
Academic text (2011) -
Women spend what seems to be an inordinate amount of time on the production of this one item.
Academic text (1991) -
Most members of the university community do not believe an inordinate amount of attention is invested in diversity issues.
Academic text (2002) -
Often, more powerful farmers exert inordinate influence over water management decisions.
Academic text (1995) -
At the same time, corporations spend an inordinate amount of money to "greenwash" themselves.
Academic text (1999) -
Unlike many movements, however, political correctness has received an inordinate amount of academic and media attention.
Academic text (1993) -
I also spend an inordinate amount of time worrying about global warming and looking at things in my closet that need to be pressed.
Synonyms
877
3.6
Very far away in place or in degree
842
2.1
Very large in size, amount, or effect
224
3.6
More than is needed or reasonable
125
3.0
Not fair or too much for the situation
98
4.2
Too high to be fair or reasonable
43
6.0
More than is reasonable or needed
25
7.9
A price or cost that is much higher than it should be
Antonyms
How Excessive
Surface Forms
Morphology
inordinate = ordinate (semi-transparent) = in + ordinate
The negative prefix in- plus 'ordinate' yields a sense of 'not ordered' historically, but the modern sense 'excessive' is a shifted meaning not directly predictable by all learners.
Etymology
The word inordinate comes from the parts in- 'not' and ordinare 'to put in order', the same root you see in order and ordinary. So if something is inordinate it is 'not in order' — too large or more than is reasonable.