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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Immoderate \Im*mod"er*ate\, a. [L. immoderatus pref. im- not +
moderatus moderate. See {Moderate}.]
Not moderate; exceeding just or usual and suitable bounds;
excessive; extravagant; unreasonable; as immoderate demands;
immoderate grief; immoderate laughter.
So every scope by the immoderate use Turns to
restraint. --Shak.
Syn: Excessive; exorbitant; unreasonable; extravagant;
intemperate; inordinate.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
immoderate
adj : not within reasonable limits; "immoderate laughter";
"immoderate spending" [ant: {moderate}]
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