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inordinate

/in-awr-dn-it/US // ɪnˈɔr dn ɪt //UK // (ɪnˈɔːdɪnɪt) //

冗长的,过度,过多的,无限的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not within proper or reasonable limits; immoderate; excessive: He drank an inordinate amount of wine.
    • : unrestrained in conduct, feelings, etc.: an inordinate admirer of beauty.
    • : disorderly; uncontrolled.
    • : not regulated; irregular: inordinate hours.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.excessive, extravagant
Synonyms
disproportionate不成比例的,不相称的,不成比例,不相称dizzying令人眼花缭乱的,令人眼花缭乱,令人头晕目眩的,令人头晕目眩exorbitant过高的,过高,高昂的,昂贵的irrational非理性的,不理性的,不理智,不理智的unconscionable不合情理,不合情理的,不合理的,不合理undue过度,不适当的,过度的,不当的unreasonable不合情理的,不合情理,不合理的,不合常理unwarranted无可厚非,无可厚非的,不必要的,无可奈何extortionate敲诈勒索,敲诈,敲诈性,敲诈性的extreme极端,极限,极端的,极限的gratuitous赏心悦目的,赏心悦目,赏金,赠与的immoderate无节制,无节制的,无度,无度的intemperate胡言乱语,荒唐,荒诞不经的,荒诞不经outrageous匪夷所思的,匪夷所思,匪夷所思的事,匪夷所思的事情overindulgent纵欲过度,放纵,纵容,纵欲overmuch太多,太多了,过多,过份preposterous荒唐,荒诞不经,荒诞不经的,荒唐的supererogatory特权,超限的,超越性,超限superfluous冗长的,冗长,赘余的,赘余surplus剩余,剩余的,盈余,过剩too much太多,过多,过多的,太多的towering高高耸立的,高耸的,高高耸立,巍峨的uncalled-for无缘无故的,无缘无故,无人问津的,无缘无故地uncurbed不受干扰的,不受约束,不受约束的,不受影响的unmeasurable不可估量,不可估量的,不可测量,不可计量unrestrained自由自在的,自由自在,不受约束,放纵untempered不温不火的,不温不火,不偏不倚,不偏不倚的wanton恣意妄为,放荡不羁,肆意妄为,放荡wasteful侈靡,浪费,浪费的,侈靡的

Examples

  • Even before the pandemic, women were doing what sociologists describe as the “second shift,” where they complete an inordinate amount of household and caregiving chores after they’ve finished their paid labor.

  • In a commentary, the Fox News host, who has unleashed a steady stream of innuendo-laden vaccine skepticism in recent months, raised the idea that the vaccines may be linked to an inordinate number of deaths.

  • She’s reading four books simultaneously while watching, by her own admission, “an inordinate amount of television.”

  • Each case involves alleged sex trafficking of a minor — a crime that carries inordinate scorn relative to other crimes and even relative to its potential prison sentence.

  • If you have a pool, you probably spend an inordinate amount of time dreaming of this day all winter.

  • Jimmy Carter scolded Americans for their “inordinate fear of communism.”

  • Owl monkey offspring get an inordinate amount of care from their fathers.

  • The calories sustain guests who spend inordinate amounts of time outside, particularly at night, when the Northern Lights are out.

  • Then you will spend an inordinate amount of time figuring out how to cover your head up.

  • Facebook exerts an inordinate amount of control over your life.

  • But the inordinate and fortuitous gains from land are really only one example from a general class.

  • She slid into the silence with a technicality, asking if John still took his old inordinate amount of sugar.

  • The companies are declared to be impoverished by the taking of inordinate numbers of apprentices.

  • And was the empty purse supposed to be especially significant of an inordinate fondness for phonograph music—or what?

  • He fought back his despair, his jealousy, his inordinate fear.