Immoderate

adj

adj ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not moderate; excessive.

    "Many of the initial responses to GPT-4’s exam prowess were predictably immoderate: AI can keep up with human lawyers, or apply to Stanford, or make “education” useless."

Adjective
  1. 1
    beyond reasonable limits wordnet

Synonyms

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extremeinordinateunconscionablelavisha bit muchabandoned

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"Immoderate drinking can have negative consequences."

Etymology

From Middle English inmoderat, immoderate, from Latin immoderātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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