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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Exceeding normal or appropriate bounds; extreme: immoderate spending; immoderate laughter. See Synonyms at excessive.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Not moderate; not confined to just or reasonable limits; excessive; extravagant; unreasonable.
  2. Synonyms Intemperate, exorbitant, inordinate.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. excessive or lacking, not consistent

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Not moderate; exceeding just or usual and suitable bounds; excessive; extravagant; unreasonable.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. beyond reasonable limits

Etymologies

  1. Middle English, from Latin immoderātus : in-, not; see in-1 + moderātus, past participle of moderārī, to moderate; see med- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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