inordinate

Example Sentences

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“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

Scotland have an incredible habit of going scoreless for inordinate amounts of time in Test matches.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2025

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

Indeed Genly Ai demands of us an inordinate trustfulness.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin