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UK
/ɪnˈɔːdɪnət/
]
[ US /ˌɪˈnɔɹdənɪt/ ]
[ US /ˌɪˈnɔɹdənɪt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
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.