† unordinateadj.
Obsolete.
Not properly controlled or regulated; irregular; inordinate, excessive; unsuitable. Cf. inordinate adj.
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > lack of moderation or restraint > [adjective]
outragea1325
unskilwisea1340
unskilfulc1370
delavyc1380
unordinatea1398
excess?a1400
untemperatea1425
unmannered1435
immoderate1497
insolent?a1500
surfeitc1500
intemperate1508
exceedinga1513
unsober1535
intemperant1542
distemperate1557
distempered1587
intemperous1614
acrasial1845
the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > excessive or too great in amount or degree
overmeteeOE
unmeeteOE
unimeteOE
unmethelyOE
over-mickleOE
hoflesc1175
overmucha1300
unskilwisea1340
unskilfulc1370
luxuriousc1374
overseemingc1384
superfluec1384
unreasonablea1387
outrageousc1390
over-greatc1390
overlargec1390
overgrowna1398
unmeasurablea1398
unmoderatea1398
unordinatea1398
immoderate1398
rankc1400
overabundantc1410
excessivea1420
superabundant?a1425
unmeasureda1425
superfluousc1475
nimious?c1500
surfeitc1500
overliberala1535
torc1540
exceeding1548
distemperate1557
over-ranka1568
overswelling1582
accessive1583
overaboundinga1600
overteeming1603
excessful1633
overproportionated1647
superproportioned1652
over-proportioned1662
overproportionate1672
unduea1684
unequal1704
unmerciful1707
hypermetric1854
hypertrophied1879
over the top1980
society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [adjective]
wildc1000
unthewedc1175
wanton?a1300
rabbisha1387
irregular1395
inordinate1398
unruly1400
misgoverned?a1425
misruled?a1425
misruly?a1425
unruleful1439
seditious1447
rulelessc1460
turbulous1527
undaunted1533
turbulent1538
unordinate1561
rowsey1565
misorderlya1568
disruly1570
rabbling1575
disorderous1579
irregulate1579
disorderly1585
break-dance1587
willyart?1590
unguided1600
inorderly1606
anarchial1609
irregulousa1616
unmasterlya1623
uncomposed1631
obstreperous1641
disriegled1657
ranting1658
rantipole1660
reuling1691
shandy1691
rumblegarie1722
randy1723
obstropolous1727
wanruly1773
polrumptious1787
ree-raw1800
rambunctious1830
roid1874
unordered1929
rogue1948
society > authority > lack of power > [adjective] > not regulated or controlled
unordainedc1390
unordinalc1400
unmannered1435
unorderly1566
uncontrolled1594
unmanaged1598
unordinate1610
unregulated?1623
unlicensed1680
unpoliced1753
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. v. xxiii. 214 An vnordinat [L. inordinata] voys and horrible þat gladeþ nouȝt noþir comfortiþ.
a1400 Bk. to Mother (Egerton) in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 39 Unordynate love of worldly thinges.
c1450 (?c1425) St. Mary of Oignies i. vi, in Anglia (1885) 8 139 Ydel worde or vnordynat lokynge or vnhonest hauynge of body.
1493 Chastysing Goddes Chyldern (de Worde) viii. sig. Biiiv/1 This feuer tercian comyth somtyme of an vnordynate hete.
1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer ii. sig. Q.iiii Oure Courtier ought not to professe to be a glutton nor a dronkard, nor riotous and vnordinate in any il condicion.
1591 J. Harington tr. L. Ariosto Orlando Furioso viii. 63 The vncomely and carelesse actes that dishonest or vnordinat loue do prouoke euen the noblest vnto.
1610 S. Rid Martin Mark-all sig. Hi A iust punishment for their presumptuous and vnordinate proceedings.
1656 P. Heylyn Surv. Estate France v. iii. 241 The three which accepted of those unordinate Governments, were the Duke of Rohan, his brother M. Soubise, and the Marquesse of Lafforce.
1759 tr. Lit. Mem. Germany & North II. 35 The nerves and muscular fibres..being easily incited to unordinate motions.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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