inordinate

Definitions


[ɪnˈɔːdɪnət], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- unusually or disproportionately large; excessive
(e.g: the case had taken up an inordinate amount of time)

- (of a person) unrestrained in feelings or behaviour


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin inordinatus, from in- ‘not’ + ordinatus ‘arranged, set in order’ (past participle of ordinare)




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