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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•or•di•nate /ɪnˈɔrdənɪt/USA pronunciation adj. - not within proper limits:to drink an inordinate amount of wine.
in•or•di•nate•ly, adv.: inordinately expensive.See -ord-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•or•di•nate (in ôr′dn it),USA pronunciation adj. - 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.
- Latin inordinātus disordered, equivalent. to in- in-3 + ordinātus orderly, appointed; see ordinate, ordain
- Middle English inordinat 1350–1400
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged extreme, exorbitant, outrageous, unreasonable, disproportionate.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged reasonable.
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