inordinate
Example Sentences
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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
After the season, there were reports that Mara asked for an inordinate salary increase while demanding that he set his own practice schedule.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026
“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
I still do spend an inordinate amount of time texting and scrolling.
From Slate • Jan. 25, 2026
Indeed Genly Ai demands of us an inordinate trustfulness.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
Vocabulary lists containing inordinate
Othello
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Grade 11, List 3
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Negatives with "in"
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