immoderate

[ ih-mod-er-it ]

adjective

1. not moderate; exceeding just or reasonable limits; excessive; extreme.

   Synonyms: extravagant, inordinate, unreasonable, exorbitant

2. Obsolete. intemperate.
3. Obsolete. without bounds.

immoderate

/ ɪˈmɒdərɪt; ɪˈmɒdrɪt /

adjective

1. lacking in moderation; excessive

   immoderate demands

2. obsolete.
   venial; intemperate

   immoderate habits

Derived Forms

• imˌmoderˈation, noun
• imˈmoderately, adverb

Other Words From

• im·moder·ate·ly adverb
• im·moder·ate·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of immoderate¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English word from Latin word immoderātus. See im- ², moderate

Example Sentences

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.

From ProPublica

Better institutionalize me a second time...” and “Academia is going to have to get used to a bit of immoderate tweeting.

From The Daily Beast

The so-called moderate opposition—made up of hundreds of disparate groups—is often immoderate and rarely cohesive.

From The Daily Beast

The new, immoderate Republican Party is therefore unlikely to succeed better in the near future than it has in the recent past.

From The Daily Beast

What have the immoderate Republicans of the Tea Party era accomplished?

From The Daily Beast

Every Indian election brings with it a kind of itinerant circus full of immoderate speech.

From The Daily Beast

Their naked feet ended in fleshless toes of immoderate length, like the bones of an ox-tail.

From Project Gutenberg

I thought he would never have ended; and I felt nettled that my remark should have given rise to such immoderate mirth.

From Project Gutenberg

Women shall not lacerate their faces, nor indulge in immoderate wailing for the dead.

From Project Gutenberg

We have noticed the evil effects of immoderate bodily exertion on the heart.

From Project Gutenberg

His temper causes him to form immoderate opinions and to make strong statements.

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