Inordinate

Definition: Inordinate

Inordinate

Adjective

1. Beyond normal limits; "excessive charges"; "a book of inordinate length"; "his dress stops just short of undue elegance"; "unreasonable demands".

Date "inordinate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Etymology: Inordinate \In*or"di*nate\, adjective. [Latin expression inordinatus disordered. See In- not, and Ordinate.]. (references)

Synonyms: Inordinate

Synonyms: excessive (adj), undue (adj), unreasonable (adj). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Greatness	Vast, immense, enormous, extreme; inordinate, excessive, extravagant, exorbitant, outrageous, preposterous, unconscionable, swinging, monstrous, overgrown; towering, stupendous, prodigious, astonishing, incredible; marvelous.
Redundancy	Adjective: redundant; too much, too many; exuberant, inordinate, superabundant, excessive, overmuch, replete, profuse, lavish; prodigal; exorbitant; overweening; extravagant; overcharged; Verb: supersaturated, drenched, overflowing; running over, running to waste, running down.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Inordinate

English words defined with "inordinate": Basedow's disease, Blennorrhea ♦ Capital crime, crazy ♦ Disordeined, Disordinate ♦ excessive ♦ Inordinacy ♦ Nimious ♦ pride ♦ superbia ♦ undue, Unordinate, unreasonable ♦ Xenomania. (references)

Etymologies containing "inordinate": Unordinate. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	Studies in Quaternary Entomology: An Inordinate Fondness for Insects (Quaternary Proceedings, No. 5) (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Children	Pakistan	Those fortunate enough to pursue higher education often face inordinate delays in receiving the results of final exams. (references)
Economic History	Bahamas	Obtaining required permits, especially immigration permits, sometimes can take an inordinate length of time. (references)
	Sri Lanka	As a result, even after initial award of tenders, project sponsors could face inordinate delays before finalizing agreements. (references)
Human Rights	Argentina	The system is hampered by inordinate delays, procedural logjams, changes of judges, inadequate administrative support, lack of funding, and incompetence. (references)
Political Economy	Peru	Pretrial detention continued to be prolonged, and trials are frequently subject to inordinate delays. (references)
Trade	South Africa	In the application of inflation targeting, allowance will be made for the price effects of serious supply shocks, such as the international price of crude oil, higher food prices due to weather and inordinate changes in the international exchange value of the Rand. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
Grover Cleveland	1885-1889; 1893-1897	If in lifting burdens from the daily life of our people we reduce inordinate and unequal advantages too long enjoyed, this is but a necessary incident of our return to right and justice.
Jimmy Carter	1977-1981	Recent tensions, the restrictions on the press and political activity, an inordinate Cuban presence in the country and the tragic killing by the security forces of a businessman well known for his democratic orientation, cause us considerable concern.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Inordinate" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Inordinate" is used about 100 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	100%	100	32,668

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "inordinate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		ekstreem (excessive, extreme). (various references)

Albanian		i tepruar (de trop, dispensable, disproportionate, exaggerated, excess, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, fabulous, far gone, fulsome, heavy, immoderate, lavish, over, profuse, redundant, undue, unreasonable), i pambajtur (outgiving, unworn), tepër i madh (heroic, king size). (various references)

Arabic		‏متطرف (drastic, excessive, extravagant, extreme, extremist, immoderate, intemperate, radical, unrestrained), ‏مبالغ فيه (exaggerated, extreme, overdone, overdrawn, overstated), ‏جامح (headstrong, mad, madcap, raving, stubborn, unruly, wild, wilful). (various references)

Bulgarian		нередовен (freak, informal, irregular, occasional, odd), безреден (disjointed, orderless, pell mell, raucous, riotous, rough and tumble, tumultuary, tumultuous), прекомерен (exaggerated, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, immoderate, intense, over, undue), прекален (excessive, extreme, overdone, profuse, superfluous, thick, unconscionable, undue, unholy, unmerciful). (various references)

Chinese		� 节制 (immoderate, incontinence, incontinency, intemperate). (various references)

Czech		nemírný (immoderate, intemperate, undue). (various references)

Dutch		extreem (excessive, extreme, extremely), excessief (excessive, excessively), buitensporig (excessive, excessively, extravagant, high-flown). (various references)

Esperanto		ekscesa (excessive). (various references)

Farsi		مفرط (Boisterous, Excessive, Extravagant, Extreme, Intensive), غیرمعتدل , بیش ازحد, بی اندازه (Immeasurable, Immense, Indefinite, Infinite). (various references)

Finnish		liiallinen (excessive, superfluous, surplus). (various references)

French		immodéré (intemperate), exorbitant, excessif. (various references)

German		unmäßig (excessive, immoderate, incontinent, incontinently, intemperate, intemperately, piggish, piggishly). (various references)

Greek		υπέρμετροσ (excessive, exorbitance, immoderate, overmuch), υπερβολικόσ (abnormal, exceeding, excess, exorbitant, extravagant, fulsome, hyperbolic, immoderate, profuse in, rampant, rank, steep, undue, vaulting, whopping), άμετροσ (extravagant, immeasurable, immoderate, measureless, unmeasured). (various references)

Hebrew		מופרז (exaggerated, excessive, extravagant, immoderate, outre, tall, undue), מו�'זם (a bit thick, exaggerated, fulsome, immoderate, tall). (various references)

Hungarian		szertelen (eccentric, exalted, excessive, extreme, exuberant, fantasy, luxuriant, straggling, to know no measure), mértéktelen (beyond measure, excessive, immoderate, incontinent, intemperate, loose, outrageous, sodden face, to know no bounds, to know no measure, to lose all sense of proportion). (various references)

Indonesian		banyak sekali (aplenty, innumerable, ream). (various references)

Italian		immoderato (immoderate), smodato (excessive, immoderate), eccessivo (exaggeratedly, excessive, extreme, fulsome, lavish, overdone, steep, unconscionable, undue). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		大それた (appalling, monstrous, outrageous). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		� いそれた (appalling, monstrous, outrageous). (various references)

Korean		과도한. (various references)

Manx		neuchooie (inapplicable, inappropriate, incongruous, inconvenient, indecent, ineligible, out of place, undesirable, unfit). (various references)

Norwegian		overdreven (excessive, immoderate). (various references)

Papiamen		abundante (abundant, copious, excessive, plentiful, profuse). (various references)

Pig Latin		inordinateay.(various references)

Portuguese		excessivo (exceeding, excessive, exorbitant, fulsome, immoderate, out-of-the-way, over, overabundant, overdone, overpowering, prohibitive, racking, rampant, redundant, steep, superfluous, supervacaneous, too, ultra, unbounded, unconscionable, undue). (various references)

Romanian		nemãsurat (enormous, exaggerated, huge, immensurable, incalculable, insatiable, measureless, unmeasured), necumpãtat (excessive, intemperate), exagerat (exaggerated, exaggerative, hyperbolic, overmuch, profuse, regardless, steep, swollen, tall, theatrical, thick, undue). (various references)

Russian		чрезмерный (exacting, exceeding, excessive, exorbitant, extreme, fulsome, immoderate, over, overextended, overweening, prodigal, profuse, prohibitive, redundant, supererogatory, superfluous, unconscionable, undue). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		prekomeran (exceeding, excessive, exorbitant, extortionate, superfluous, unmeet), neuredan (disorderly, disorganized, frowsy, frowzy, littery, sloppy, slovenly, untidy). (various references)

Spanish		sin orden (disorderly), excesivo (exceeding, excessive, exorbitant, extortionate, extravagant, fancy, fulsome, immoderate, inflated, reckless, redundant, unconscionable, undue, unreasonable, wasteful), exagerado (a bit thick, aggrandized, emotional, exaggerated, excessive, extravagant, fulsome, given to extravagant gestures, grandiose, highly-colored, highly-coloured, inflated, intense, jazzy, overdemonstrative, overdone, overdressed, overstated, peculiar, steep, theatrical), desordenado (disordered, disorderly, dissipatedly, hugger mugger, pell mell, pellmell, ragged, riotous, topsyturvy, untidy). (various references)

Swedish		omåttlig (crapulent, crapulous, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, immoderate, intemperate, outrageous, overweening, unconscionable), överdriven (exaggerative, excessive, extravagant, fancy, flamboyant, fulsome, immoderate, larger than life, obsessive, outrageous, overblown, overdone, vaulting). (various references)

Thai		ซึ่งมากเกินไป (excess). (various references)

Turkish		oransız (asymmetrical, disproportionate, incommensurable, incommensurate, irrational, lop-sided, unequal, unproportional), düzensiz (chaotic, desultory, disordered, disorderly, disorganized, erratic, excursive, fitful, freehand, haywire, hugger mugger, huggermugger, indigested, irregular, jerky, nonuniform, non-uniform, out of order, out of square, out of trim, out-of-balance, patchily, patchy, ragged, rambling, snatchy, snuffy, unequal, unkempt, unsteady, untidy), aşırı (acute, beastly, beyond, breakneck, camp, confoundedly, cruelly, crusted, damned, dead, deep, desperate, desperately, devilish, disproportionate, every other day, exaggerated, exceeding, excessive, excessively, exorbitant, exquisite, extortionate, extravagant, extreme, extremely, fancy, ferocious, filthy, fond, fulsome, hard, heavy, hell, hell of, high, horrendous, horrific, hyper-, immoderate, intense, intensive, like hell, like sin, outrageous, over, overweening, precious, shocking, splitting, steep, super, terribly, thick, ultra, unbounded, unco, unconscionable, undue, unmeasured, unreasonable, violent), ölçüsüz (beyond measure, exceeding, excessive, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, incommensurable, intemperate, measureless, out of all measure, unbounded, unconscionable, unmeasured). (various references)

Ukrainian		нестриманий (abandoned, bestial, expansive, immoderate, incontinent, outgiving, unchecked, unreserved, unrestrained, unsuppressed), безладний (amorphous, disorderly, dropping, excursive, harum scarum, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, hugger mugger, hurly burly, ill disposed, indiscriminate, meandering, messy, orderless, outward, pell mell, pellmell, promiscuous, rambling, scrappy, shapeless, topsy turvy, tumultuary). (various references)

Vietnamese		quá xá (consummate, egregious), quá quắt, quá mức (excessive, extravagant, far-gone, out-of-bounds, overly, undue, unduly, unfair), quá chừng thất thường. (various references)

Welsh		anghymesur. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	inordinatus. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Colossians Chapter 3, Verse 5
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Nekrwsate oun ta melh umwn ta epi thV ghV porneian akaqarsian paqoV epiqumian kakhn kai thn pleonexian htiV estin eidwlolatreia
Latin	405	Vulgate	Mortificate ergo membra vestra quae sunt super terram fornicationem inmunditiam libidinem concupiscentiam malam et avaritiam quae est simulacrorum servitus
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Therfor sle ye youre membris, whiche ben on the erthe, fornycacioun, vnclennesse, letcherie, yuel coueitise, and aueryse, which is seruyse of mawmetis;
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Mortifie therfore youre membres which are on the erth fornicacio vnclennes vnnaturall lust evyll cocupiscece and coveteousnes which is worshippynge of ydols:
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; fornication, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Mortify therefore your members which are upon the earth; lewdness, uncleanness, inordinate affection, evil concupiscence, and covetousness, which is idolatry:
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Then put to death your bodies which are of the earth; wrong use of the flesh, unclean things, passion, evil desires and envy, which is the worship of strange gods;
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Colossians Chapter 3, Verse 5
Cebuano	¶ Busa, patya ninyo ang mga yutan-ong butang diha sa sulod ninyo: pakighilawas, kahugaw, pangibog nga unodnon, dautang tinguha, ug ang kadalo nga maoy pagsimbag mga diosdios.
Croatian	Umrtvite dakle udove svoje zemaljske: bludnost, neèistoæu, strasti, zlu požudu i pohlepu - to idolopoklonstvo!
Danish	Så døder da de jordiske Lemmer, Utugt Urenhed, Brynde, ondt Begær og Havesygen, som jo er Afgudsdyrkelse;
Dutch	Doodt dan uw leden, die op de aarde zijn, namelijk hoererij, onreinigheid, schandelijke beweging, kwade begeerlijkheid, en de gierigheid, welke is afgodendienst.
Finnish	Kuolettakaa siis maalliset jäsenenne: haureus, saastaisuus, kiihko, paha himo ja ahneus, joka on epäjumalanpalvelusta,
French	Faites donc mourir les membres qui sont sur la terre, l`impudicité, l`impureté, les passions, les mauvais désirs, et la cupidité, qui est une idolâtrie.
German	So tötet nun eure Glieder, die auf Erden sind, Hurerei, Unreinigkeit, schändliche Brunst, böse Lust und den Geiz, welcher ist Abgötterei,
Hungarian	Öldököljétek meg azért a ti földi tagjaitokat, paráznaságot, tisztátalanságot, bujaságot, gonosz kívánságot és a fösvénységet, a mi bálványimádás;
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Padamkanlah segala nafsu duniawi, yaitu zinah, najis, hawa nafsu, keinginan yang jahat, dan lagi tamak yang serupa dengan penyembah berhala;
Italian	Mortificate dunque quella parte di voi che appartiene alla terra: fornicazione, impurit� , passioni, desideri cattivi e quella avarizia insaziabile che è idolatria,
Latvian	Tâpçc nonâvçjiet savos locekïos zemisko: netiklîbu, neðíîstîbu, kaislîbu, ïaunâs kârîbas un mantkârîbu, kas ir kalpoðana elkiem!
Maori	¶ Na, whakamatea o koutou wahi i runga i te whenua; te moe tahae, te poke, te minamina ki te he, te hiahia kino, me te apo, he karakia whakapakoko hoki tena.
Norwegian	Så død da eders jordiske lemmer: utukt, urenhet, brynde, ond lyst og havesyke, som jo er avgudsdyrkelse;
Portuguese	Exterminai, pois, as vossas inclinações carnais; a prostituição, a impureza, a paixão, a vil concupiscência, e a avareza, que é idolatria;
Rumanian	Deaceea, omorkyi mqdularele voastre cari sknt pe pqmknt: curvia, necurqyia, patima, pofta rea, wi lqcomia, care este o knchinare la idoli.
Shuar	¶ Tuma asamtai ju nunkanmaya ana nu ajakratniua aintsarum iniaisatarum. Tsanirmatniusha, Tunáa wakeruktincha, tura takakna nujai nankaamas wakeruktincha ántar-yus tikishmatratniua aintsan asamtai iniaisatarum.
Swedish	Så döden nu edra lemmar, som höra jorden till: otukt, orenhet, lusta, ond begärelse, så ock girigheten, som ju är avgudadyrkan;
Uma	¶ Jadi', apa' mate-tamo hangkaa-ngkania hante Kristus-e, kana tabahaka-mi kehi-ta to mosidai' hante tuwu' -ta to ri'ulu. Neo' mobualo', neo' mogau' sala' ba mpobabehi gau' -gau' to uma tumotoa ntani' -na. Neo' mpokahina to dada'a, neo' mpokahina anu doo. Apa' tauna to mogau' hewa toe, ma'ala ta'uli' mepue' -ra hi napa to rapokahina toe.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "inordinate": inordinately, inordinateness, inordinatenesses. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Inordinate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: inertinite, inordiate, inordinatel, inordinte, inoridinate, Iordana, irnordinate. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "inordinate" (pronounced i'nô"rdunut)
7	-ô" r d u n u t	coordinate.
4	-u n u t	affectionate, baronet, bicarbonate, cabinet, compassionate, definite, diaconate, dispassionate, disproportionate, effeminate, extortionate, fortunate, geminate, indefinite, indeterminate, indiscriminate, infinite, innominate, laminate, obstinate, passionate, proportionate, sultanate, unfortunate.
3	-n u t	alternate, Bennet, bluebonnet, bonnet, incarnate, electromagnet, ferromagnet, garnet, granite, hornet, magnate, magnet, minute, peanut, Pinot, planet, rennet, senate, Sennet, tenet, unit.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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	Words within the letters "a-d-e-i-i-n-n-o-r-t"
	-1 letter: rendition.
	-2 letters: anointed, anointer, antinode, arointed, daintier, ideation, indentor, iodinate, nonrated, ordinate, rationed, reanoint, retinoid, triennia.
	-3 letters: andiron, aneroid, antired, denarii, detrain, diatron, dinitro, diorite, donnert, edition, enation, entrain, inditer, inedita, inertia, intoned, intoner, nardine, nitride, ternion, tinnier, trained.
	-4 letters: adroit, airted, anoint, ardent, aroint, atoned, atoner, denari, dentin, detain, dinero, dinner, donate, dotier.
	Words containing the letters "a-d-e-i-i-n-n-o-r-t"
	+1 letter: denigration.
	+2 letters: denigrations, deracination, indoctrinate, inordinately, noneditorial, nonirrigated.
	+3 letters: antimodernist, consideration, containerised, containerized, defibrination, deracinations, determination, inconsiderate, indoctrinated, indoctrinates, insubordinate, modernisation, modernization, nonderivative, nonirradiated, predominating, predomination, preordination, tenderization, undoctrinaire.
	+4 letters: antidepression, antimodernists, considerations, contraindicate, counterraiding, dechlorinating, dechlorination, defibrinations, determinations, disintegration, disorientating, disorientation, foreordination, inordinateness, insubordinates, intergradation, intermediation, modernisations, modernizations, nonderivatives, nondirectional, nondoctrinaire, nonradioactive, nonresidential, predestination, predominations, preordinations, redintegration, renationalized, tenderizations, tridimensional, underinflation, unidirectional, unromanticized.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
inordinate	3
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Inordinate

Definition: Inordinate

Inordinate

Adjective

Synonyms: Inordinate

Synonyms within Context: Inordinate

Greatness

Redundancy

Crosswords: Inordinate

Commercial Usage: Inordinate

Books

Non-Fiction Usage: Inordinate

Speeches: Inordinate

Grover Cleveland

Jimmy Carter

Usage Frequency: Inordinate

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Inordinate

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Bible Trace: Inordinate

Matched Bible Translations: Inordinate

Derivations & Misspellings: Inordinate

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