inordinate

Example Sentences

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“A lot of the big philanthropies, you know, they’ll spend inordinate amounts of resources trying to retire a handful of coal plants in one country,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

Early on in the park service, there was an inordinate focus on just the visitor experience.

From Slate • Aug. 13, 2025

"The report documents that AB, while at a social event related to CGF business, spent an inordinate amount of time with a volunteer of the opposite sex," the CGF added.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2025

This nearly blind and deaf dog, during “Puppy Bowl,” scored an inordinate amount of touchdowns.

From Salon • Feb. 9, 2025

It seemed to me that Dr Carlisle went on looking at me for an inordinate length of time.

From "The Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro