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

Still, that seems like an inordinate number of launches.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

In two recent games they have played with 10 men versus 11 for inordinate amounts of time and yet won both of those matches.

From BBC • Jan. 25, 2026

I still do spend an inordinate amount of time texting and scrolling.

From Slate • Jan. 25, 2026

After he swung down off Ash, he seemed to spend an inordinate amount of time brushing prairie dust from his pants.

From "Hattie Big Sky" by Kirby Larson