Word Frequency
immoderate (ɪˈmɒdərɪt
; ɪˈmɒdrɪt
)
Definitions
adjective
- lacking in moderation; excessive ⇒
immoderate demands
- (obsolete) venial; intemperate ⇒
immoderate habits
Derived Forms
imˈmoderately adverbimˌmoderˈation, imˈmoderateness noun
Synonyms
View thesaurus entry = excessive, extreme, over the top, enormous, steep, exaggerated, extravagant, unreasonable, undue, uncontrolled, unjustified, unwarranted, exorbitant, unrestrained, profligate, inordinate, over the odds, egregious, intemperate, unconscionable, uncalled-for, O.T.T.,
Example Sentences Including 'immoderate'
As economist S. L. Rao, 62, points out:'This is a budget of immoderate expectations, and moderate methods to achieve those expectations.Business Today (2000)
Biology, as Burned Man sometimes remarked, was both bewildering and immoderate.A Plague of Angels
Both partners speak the same idiom of immoderate violence and relentlessly repeated four-letter words.Times, Sunday Times (2002)
He launched an immoderate tirade on Turner, accusing him of lack of stomach for the fight, of failure of nerve, of lack of leadership.The Scar
He was all that she decidedly was not -- an adventurer, immoderate , unpredictable.Dare Call It Treason
Narrow, immoderate , hysterical, isolated, divided - adjectives that once belonged to Mr Kinnock's party, today fit the Tories.Frustrate Their Knavish Tricks
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