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
Bunkers comprise only about 1%-2% of the golf course, yet take up an inordinate amount of a golfer’s energy and anxiety.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
Fish spends an inordinate amount of time thinking about that hallway.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2025
Scotland have an incredible habit of going scoreless for inordinate amounts of time in Test matches.
From BBC • Nov. 20, 2025
Miss Harbottle homed in on my distracted state and called on me an inordinate number of times with questions on Texas history, which I could not answer, much to the class’s amusement.
From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly
Vocabulary lists containing inordinate
Othello
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Grade 11, List 3
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Negatives with "in"
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