Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Exceeding normal or appropriate bounds; inordinate: synonym: excessive.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not moderate; not confined to just or reasonable limits; excessive; extravagant; unreasonable.
- Synonyms Intemperate, exorbitant, inordinate.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not moderate; exceeding just or usual and suitable bounds; excessive; extravagant; unreasonable
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- adjective
excessive orlacking , notconsistent
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective beyond reasonable limits
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The only subjects on which I would very much identify as immoderate are the Constitution and abortion, but I don't accept those are partisan issues as explained in comments passim ad nauseum, and even there, I don't feel I'm so extreme as to be unreasonable.
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GOLDBERG: But that said, you know, the reason why Gephardt is trying sound so reasonable and moderate on this is because he's trying do something that is unreasonable and immoderate, which is repeal the law of the land, which a lot of Democrats passed, which -- and claimed that these tax cuts somehow have created this deficit, which the CBO just reported it didn't ...
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But surely three glasses of draught beer in a day could not be called immoderate?
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But surely three glasses of draught beer in a day could not be called immoderate?
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No doubt, the moral aspect of comedy is here marked with what must be called immoderate stress.
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How is repeatedly saying that Obama is like Bush "immoderate"?
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The law of North Carolina prohibits the "immoderate" correction of slaves.
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The law of North Carolina prohibits the "immoderate" correction of slaves.
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The law of North Carolina prohibits the "immoderate" correction of slaves.
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The law of North Carolina prohibits the "immoderate" correction of slaves.
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