Sentence example with the word 'inordinate'

inordinate

a bit much, disproportionate, extreme, haggard, irrational, overemphatic, overreligious, prohibitive, superlative, uncontrolled, unwarranted

Definition adj. beyond normal limits

Last update: November 13, 2016


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Every year I spend an inordinate amount of time selecting Christmas presents for my large family.   [adjective]

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Some dogs are very hyper and require an inordinate amount of attention from their owners.   [adjective]

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The postal system came to a standstill due to inordinate delay.   [Please select]

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Am I not a detective with inordinate skills?   [Please select]

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He was extremely polite, but he had an inordinate sense of duty.   [Please select]

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He was almost ashamed of the sudden, inordinate satisfaction that welled up at her words.   [Please select]

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He bent a little nearer, filled again by the inordinate wish to dominate.   [Please select]

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Charles II, as we have seen, lived solely to gratify his inordinate love of pleasure.   [Please select]

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I had expected to find an inordinate amount of tippling in clubs and hotels.   [Please select]

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In several species, though not in all, the males' fore-legs are of inordinate length.   [Please select]

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