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Immoderate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Exceeding normal or appropriate bounds; extreme: immoderate spending; immoderate laughter. See Synonyms at excessive.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. excessive or lacking, not consistent

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Not moderate; exceeding just or usual and suitable bounds; excessive; extravagant; unreasonable

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Not moderate; not confined to just or reasonable limits; excessive; extravagant; unreasonable.

Synonyms Intemperate, exorbitant, inordinate.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. beyond reasonable limits

Word Usage

"The only subjects on which I would very much identify as immoderate are the Constitution and abortion, but I don't accept those are partisan issues as explained in comments passim ad nauseum, and even there, I don't feel I'm so extreme as to be unreasonable."

Equivalent

inordinate excessive exorbitant stark over-the-top

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

extravagant inordinate intemperate excessive exorbitant

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

inordinate unbounded unbridled uncontrolled undue