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[ ih-mod-er-it ] / ɪˈmɒd ər ɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR immoderate ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot moderate; exceeding just or reasonable limits; excessive; extreme. Obsolete. intemperate. Obsolete. without bounds. Origin of immoderateFirst recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Latin word immoderātus.See im-2, moderate SYNONYMS FOR immoderate1 exorbitant, unreasonable; inordinate; extravagant. SEE SYNONYMS FOR immoderate ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM immoderateim·mod·er·ate·ly, adverbim·mod·er·ate·ness, nounWords nearby immoderateimmobile, immobilism, immobility, immobilize, immoderacy, immoderate, immoderation, immodest, Immokalee, immolate, immolation Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for immoderateBetter institutionalize me a second time...” and “Academia is going to have to get used to a bit of immoderate tweeting. Prof: MIT Hospitalized Me For Ferguson Tweets|Nina Strochlic|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST The so-called moderate opposition—made up of hundreds of disparate groups—is often immoderate and rarely cohesive. Why Airstrikes in Syria Won't Work|Rep. Adam Schiff|September 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST The new, immoderate Republican Party is therefore unlikely to succeed better in the near future than it has in the recent past. Are Moderate Republicans Useless?|David Frum|January 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST What have the immoderate Republicans of the Tea Party era accomplished? Are Moderate Republicans Useless?|David Frum|January 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Every Indian election brings with it a kind of itinerant circus full of immoderate speech. Gandhi Family Feud|Shoma Chaudhury|April 12, 2009|DAILY BEAST And so, while he was celebrating the death of another with immoderate joviality, he forced on his own apace. The Danish History, Books I-IX|Saxo Grammaticus ("Saxo the Learned") Which our wealthier classes bear also in an immoderate degree? The Mercy of Allah|Hilaire Belloc Insanity is another disease produced by the immoderate and habitual use of spirituous liquors. The Truth about Opium|William H. Brereton Voltaire made Micromegas to tease you; but, submitting to the appearances of physical laws, he made an immoderate giant of him. A Night in the Luxembourg|Remy De Gourmont After he had taken breath for a moment, Alan broke out into a fit of wild and immoderate laughter. Rookwood|William Harrison Ainsworth
British Dictionary definitions for immoderate/ (ɪˈmɒdərɪt, ɪˈmɒdrɪt) /
adjectivelacking in moderation; excessiveimmoderate demands obsolete venial; intemperateimmoderate habits Derived forms of immoderateimmoderately, adverbimmoderation or immoderateness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to immoderateegregious, enormous, exaggerated, exorbitant, extravagant, inordinate, intemperate, profligate, steep, towering, unbalanced, unbridled, uncalled-for, unconscionable, uncontrolled, undue, unjustified, unreasonable, unrestrained, unwarranted |