inordinate
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Investors can also take comfort from the fact that the fund’s managers do not assume an inordinate amount of risk.
From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026
I still do spend an inordinate amount of time texting and scrolling.
From Slate • Jan. 25, 2026
Scotland have an incredible habit of going scoreless for inordinate amounts of time in Test matches.
From BBC • Nov. 20, 2025
She doesn’t have the vibe of someone who has devoted inordinate amounts of energy to fitness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 11, 2025
One-third of all Linear B tablets from the palace of Knossos are accountants’ records of sheep and wool, while an inordinate proportion of writing at the palace of Pylos consists of records of flax.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing inordinate
Othello
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Grade 11, List 3
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Negatives with "in"
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