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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Inordinate  \In*or"di*nate\,  a.  [L.  inordinatus  disordered.  See 
  {In-}  not  and  {Ordinate}.] 
  Not  limited  to  rules  prescribed,  or  to  usual  bounds; 
  irregular;  excessive;  immoderate;  as  an  inordinate  love  of 
  the  world.  ``Inordinate  desires.''  --Milton.  ``Inordinate 
  vanity.''  --Burke.  --  {In*or"di*nate*ly},  adv  -- 
  {In*or"di*nate*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  inordinate 
  adj  :  beyond  normal  limits;  "excessive  charges";  "a  book  of 
  inordinate  length";  "his  dress  stops  just  short  of 
  undue  elegance";  "unreasonable  demands"  [syn:  {excessive}, 
  {undue},  {unreasonable}] 

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