Definition of excessive
:exceeding what is usual, proper, necessary, or normal
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excessively
adverb
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Examples of excessive in a Sentence
an excessive display of wealth
High fever, nausea, and excessive sweating are some of the symptoms.
Recent Examples of excessive from the Web
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Those big checks could mean big fines or other penalties if the Internal Revenue Service deems the U of L compensation was excessive.
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Notable Track stewards were at it again with fines for excessive whip use during a race as Francisco Amparan, Danny Sorenson, Martin Pedroza and Jamie Theriot received $100 penalties.
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The company said the airbags could deploy with excessive force and discharge metal shrapnel inside the cars' passenger compartment.
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And the regime’s use of excessive force and mass detentions had repulsed all but its staunchest allies in the region.
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This includes displays of emotion stereotyped as excessive: so happy, so sassy, so ghetto, so loud.
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Many of the cops in attendance applauded, laughed and cheered on the suggestion that America needs more police brutality the streets; that more excessive force applied to more criminal suspects is the answer to rising crime rates in some places.
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It was determined that the amount of chairs was excessive based on the size of the pens and could potentially pose a safety hazard as well as block ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) access to the pens.
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According to Montgomery police, Wilson, the driver of a Chevrolet Caprice, was fleeing from a state trooper who had attempted to stop the vehicle for excessive speed.
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First Known Use of excessive
14th century
excessive Synonyms
Synonyms
baroque, devilish, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, fancy, immoderate, inordinate, insane, intolerable, lavish, overdue, overextravagant, overmuch, overweening, plethoric, steep, stiff, towering, unconscionable, undue, unmerciful, a bit much, over the topAntonyms
middling, moderate, modest, reasonable, temperateRelated Words
boundless, endless, immeasurable, infinite, limitless; unbearable, unjustifiable, unwarranted; improper, inappropriate, thick, unseemly; unrestrainedNear Antonyms
deficient, inadequate, insufficient; minimal, minimumSynonym Discussion of excessive
excessive, immoderate, inordinate, extravagant, exorbitant, extreme mean going beyond a normal limit. excessive implies an amount or degree too great to be reasonable or acceptable.
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- excessive punishment
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- immoderate spending
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- inordinate pride
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- extravagant claims for the product
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- exorbitant prices
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- extreme shyness
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Law Dictionary
excessive
adjective
ex·ces·sive
legal Definition of excessive
:exceeding what is proper, necessary, or normal;
specifically
:being out of proportion to the offense
- excessive bail
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