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
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
I still do spend an inordinate amount of time texting and scrolling.
From Slate • Jan. 25, 2026
Depositing an inordinate amount of bins around town is just not the way to encourage people to properly dispose of their organic waste, he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 16, 2025
An Osage scholar once observed, “Walking through an Osage cemetery and seeing the gravestones that show the inordinate numbers of young people who died in the period is chilling.”
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
Vocabulary lists containing inordinate
Othello
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Grade 11, List 3
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Negatives with "in"
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