not excessive
Example Sentences
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An accountancy administrator has been awarded more than £14,000 after an employment tribunal ruled the time she spent browsing sites such as Rightmove and Amazon was not "excessive".
From BBC • Sep. 5, 2025
It’s not excessive — it’s not like 80 and 90 — but some people still want to know what they’re going to get.
From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2024
“Coffee intake, if not excessive, should be safe for bone,” he says, “and if you still have concerns, add milk!”
From Scientific American • Jan. 4, 2023
In January, the Washington Supreme Court ruled that an $18 million fine for the intentional campaign finance law violations was not excessive.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 2, 2022
Modest, mod′est, adj. restrained by a sense of propriety: not forward: decent: chaste: pure and delicate, as thoughts or language: not excessive or extreme: moderate.—adv.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various
