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as in drunken
given to excessive use of alcoholic beverages a serious course in wine appreciation that does not welcome intemperate drinkers and party animals

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Recent Examples on the Web Writing fan mail creates an opportunity to take pleasure in my own intemperate passions. Rachael Bedard, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2022 In fact, his road to the presidency was marked, and in some ways helped, by his intemperate outbursts. Andrew Downie, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Sep. 2022 The intemperate voices of the 10% at each extreme of the political spectrum have poisoned public discourse. Peggy Fletcher Stack, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Sep. 2022 In that role, Simpson distinguished himself as a foul-mouthed, intemperate, obnoxious purveyor of misinformation about Social Security. Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2022 See all Example Sentences for intemperate 

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“Intemperate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/intemperate. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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