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Inordinate

//ɪnˈɔːdɪnət// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    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:"

Adjective
  1. 1
    beyond normal limits wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English inordinat, from Latin inōrdinātus (“not arranged, disordered, irregular”), from in- + ordinatus, past participle of ōrdināre (“to arrange, order”).

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