inordinate
adjUK /ɪnˈɔːdɪnət/ · US /ɪnˈɔɹd(ə)nət/
Etymology From Middle English inordinat, from Latin inōrdinātus (“not arranged, disordered, irregular”), from in- + ordinatus, past participle of ōrdināre (“to arrange, order”).
1
Excessive; unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude.
- Mortifie therefore your members which are vpon the earth: fornication, vncleannesse, inordinate affection, euill concupiscence, and couetousnesse, which is idolatrie:1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Colossians 3:5:
- Derived terms
- inordinacy, inordinately, inordinateness