INORDINATE


Meaning of INORDINATE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnɔ:(r)dɪnɪt ]

If you describe something as inordinate , you are emphasizing that it is unusually or excessively great in amount or degree. ( FORMAL )

They spend an inordinate amount of time talking.

ADJ : usu ADJ n [ emphasis ]

• in‧or‧di‧nate‧ly

He is inordinately proud of his wife’s achievements.

ADV : usu ADV adj / -ed

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