inordinate
Example Sentences
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We have an inordinate amount of respect for each other, both as people and as creative partners.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 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
She doesn’t have the vibe of someone who has devoted inordinate amounts of energy to fitness.
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 11, 2025
Early on in the park service, there was an inordinate focus on just the visitor experience.
From Slate • Aug. 13, 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
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