inordinate
/ɪnˈɔːdɪnət/US/ɪnˈɔɹd(ə)nət/
inordinate adjective: excessive; unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude.
Adjective
inordinate (comparative more inordinate, superlative most inordinate)
- Excessive; unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude.
- Mortifie therefore your members which are vpon the earth: fornication, vncleannesse, inordinate affection, euill concupiscence, and couetousnesse, which is idolatrie:1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Colossians 3:5
- Synonyms:
- immoderate, disproportionate, undue, extreme, exorbiant, exorbitant, extortionable, extortionate, extortious, extravagant
inordinate meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
inordinate in Tamil
- அசாதாரண, அளவு கடந்த, இயல்புக்கு மாறான அளவுக்கு மீறிய, மட்டு மீறிய
inordinate in Urdu
- inordinate
- ازحد azhad
inordinate in Bengali
- অত্যধিক, অপরিমিত, মাত্রাতিরিক্ত
inordinate in Malayalam
- undue, excessive, unreasonable
- ക്രമാതീതം, അമിതം, അളവറ്റ, അതിരുകവിഞ്ഞ, അത്യധികമായ, ക്രമം തെറ്റിയ
More languagesFewer languages
- inordinate in Kannada
- ಎಲ್ಲೆಮೀರಿದ, ಅಳತೆ ಮೀರಿದ, ಓರಣಕೆಟ್ಟ, ಮಿತಿಮೀರಿದ
- inordinate in Odia
- ଅଧିକ adhika
Synonyms of inordinate
- immoderate
- disproportionate
- undue
- extreme
- exorbiant
- exorbitant
- extortionate
- extravagant
- penal
- sky-high
3 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- usurious
- extortionable
- extortious
Forms of inordinate
| comparative | more inordinate |
|---|---|
| superlative | most inordinate |
Origin of inordinate
From Middle English inordinat, from Latin inōrdinātus (“not arranged, disordered, irregular”), from in- + ordinatus, past participle of ōrdināre (“to arrange, order”).
Words formed from inordinate
Questions about inordinate
- What does inordinate mean?
- Inordinate means excessive; unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude.
- What is inordinate in Tamil?
- Inordinate in Tamil is அசாதாரண, அளவு கடந்த, இயல்புக்கு மாறான அளவுக்கு மீறிய. See Inordinate meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is inordinate?
- Inordinate is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce inordinate?
- Inordinate is pronounced /ɪnˈɔːdɪnət/ (UK).
Words near inordinate in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: inordinate (page history and authors); inordinate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ازحد (Urdu) (page history and authors); Inordinate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inordinate (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); inordinate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଅଧିକ (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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