inordinate

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments  · 
'So inordinate--such a hurried marriage But, Edward's motives being what they were, he was proof against this What will the congregation think Bother the congregation That's the second time you've said that, Edward.

View all »
Definitions (6)

Toggle American Heritage definitions American Heritage Dictionary (2)

  1. adjective Exceeding reasonable limits; immoderate. See Synonyms at excessive.
  2. adjective Not regulated; disorderly.

Toggle Century definitions Century Dictionary (2)

Toggle GNU Webster definitions GNU Webster's 1913 (1)

Toggle WordNet definitions WordNet (1)

Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web

View all »
Examples (50)

  • It's all down to several factors of course, namely the inordinate amount of Cup competitions these teams play in and the godawful weather in the North of Scotland at this time of year. —  Soccer Blogs - latest posts
  • The fact is, Pope's curiosity was too inordinate--his desire to know everything all at once too strong--to admit of the delay of learning a foreign language; and he was consequently a reader of translations, and he lived in an age of translations. —  Obiter Dicta Second Series
  • The futility of dispossessing the middling rich would be as marked as its immorality This essentially personal character of wealth must affect the views of those who would attack what are called the inordinate fortunes. —  The Unpopular Review, Volume II Number 3
  • Their self-conceit is inordinate, and remains undiminished in spite of repeated failures in the most important affairs of life. —  Epilepsy, Hysteria, and Neurasthenia
  • But this love of ours is immoderate, inordinate, and not to be comprehended in any bounds. —  The Anatomy of Melancholy
 

Tags

inordinate hasn't been tagged yet.

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Stats

This word has been looked up 158 times.

On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images

Add a related word »
Related

Roget's II Roget's II: The New Thesaurus

Allen's Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms

Used in the same context Used in the Same Context

Roget's II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition by the Editors of the American Heritage® Dictionary. Copyright © 2003, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Etymologies (2)

Toggle American Heritage etymologies American Heritage Dictionary (1)

  1. Middle English inordinat, from Latin inōrdinātus, disordered : in-, not; see in-1 + ōrdinātus, past participle of ōrdināre, to set in order (from ōrdō, ōrdin-, order; see ar- in Indo-European roots).

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (1)

  1. = Old French inordoné = Spanish inordenado = Italian inordinato, from Latin inordinatus, not arranged, disordered, irregular, from in- privative + ordinatus, past participle of ordinare, arrange, order: see ordinate, order, v.
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »

/ɪnˈɔrdɪnət/
by American Heritage

Charts

frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

You can expect to see this word about twice a month.

Recently looked up

statesmanlike · mien · womyn · wise · wants

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

a for 'orses · snarfillicate my snackrabbit · j for cakes · chic flick · rhodorhinorangifericide