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[ UK /ɪnˈɔːdɪnət/ ]
[ US /ˌɪˈnɔɹdənɪt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. beyond normal limits
    excessive charges
    a book of inordinate length
    his dress stops just short of undue elegance
    unreasonable demands

How To Use inordinate In A Sentence

  • I agree, but if progressives are only 20% you spend in inordinate amount of time harping on them. Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » Herding Cats
  • I was in a training course which was just about to start when I noticed that I had gotten an inordinate amount of hits this morning.
  • It's been a banner week in a country which has suffered an inordinate amount of tragedy over the last month.
  • a book of inordinate length
  • In the last few days I've received an inordinate amount of junkmail, and I've got to say I'm finding it immensely satisfying to deal with.
  • Behold the mountain rillet, become a brook, become a torrent, how it inarms a handsome boulder: yet if the stone will not go with it, on it hurries, pursuing self in extension, down to where perchance a dam has been raised of a sufficient depth to enfold and keep it from inordinate restlessness. The Egoist
  • `We are facing a crisis," he told her, `of inordinate proportions. A MEANS TO EVIL
  • After taking an inordinate amount of time to make the few simple subtractions they finally discovered that Colin was the loser.
  • He has spent an inordinate amount of time patiently communicating how he wants the company to change.
  • Margot has always spent an inordinate amount of time on her appearance.
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