immoderate

adjective

im·mod·er·ate (ˌ)i(m)-ˈmä-d(ə-)rət

Synonyms of immoderate next

: exceeding just, usual, or suitable bounds

immoderate pride

an immoderate appetite

immoderately adverb

immoderateness noun

immoderation

(ˌ)i-ˌmä-də-ˈrā-shən

noun

Choose the Right Synonym for immoderate

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.

excessive punishment

immoderate implies lack of desirable or necessary restraint.

immoderate spending

inordinate implies an exceeding of the limits dictated by reason or good judgment.

inordinate pride

extravagant implies an indifference to restraints imposed by truth, prudence, or good taste.

extravagant claims for the product

exorbitant implies a departure from accepted standards regarding amount or degree.

exorbitant prices

extreme may imply an approach to the farthest limit possible or conceivable but commonly means only to a notably high degree.

extreme shyness

Examples of immoderate in a Sentence

the young widow remarried with what was regarded as immoderate haste by most observers

Recent Examples on the Web Haley’s gift is to come across as a moderate while espousing immoderate views and surrounding herself with extremists. —

Sue Halpern, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2023 Mia got her gig and Lucia got her money; that final shot, in which the two best friends skip off together to make immoderate purchases, might be the closest thing White will ever give us to a happy ending. —

Time, 12 Dec. 2022 It’s long been argued that information disclosure initiatives like TRI compel polluters to scale back immoderate emissions for fear that their names might otherwise end up on the front page of The New York Times. —

Ava Kofman, oregonlive, 16 Dec. 2021 In my reading, Louie has been accused of immoderate desire, and the story is her response. —

Amy Weiss-Meyer, The Atlantic, 16 May 2021 Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, isn’t their willingness to pursue traditional Democratic goals by immoderate methods but their embrace of radical progressivism. —

Barton Swaim, WSJ, 12 Apr. 2021 But the immoderate 6-year-old remains his default setting. —

Reggie Ugwu, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2020 And that number just grows larger every year, well ahead of inflation and vastly in excess of any possible spending even the most immoderate lifestyles might allow. —

Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 7 Nov. 2019 Fascism and communism found the modern form of individual liberty lacking, and sought to reinject community—albeit in monstrous, immoderate ways that trampled on liberty. —

Nick Burns, The New Republic, 7 Aug. 2019 See More

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