immoderate
not moderate; exceeding just or reasonable limits; excessive; extreme.
Obsolete. intemperate.
Obsolete. without bounds.
Origin of immoderate
1Other words for immoderate
Other words from immoderate
- im·mod·er·ate·ly, adverb
- im·mod·er·ate·ness, noun
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How to use immoderate in a sentence
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.
What’s Polluting the Air? Not Even the EPA Can Say. | by Ava Kofman | December 16, 2021 | ProPublicaBetter institutionalize me a second time...” and “Academia is going to have to get used to a bit of immoderate tweeting.
Prof: MIT Hospitalized Me For Ferguson Tweets | Nina Strochlic | December 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe so-called moderate opposition—made up of hundreds of disparate groups—is often immoderate and rarely cohesive.
The new, immoderate Republican Party is therefore unlikely to succeed better in the near future than it has in the recent past.
What have the immoderate Republicans of the Tea Party era accomplished?
Every Indian election brings with it a kind of itinerant circus full of immoderate speech.
Their naked feet ended in fleshless toes of immoderate length, like the bones of an ox-tail.
The Story Of The Duchess Of Cicogne And Of Monsieur De Boulingrin | Anatole FranceI thought he would never have ended; and I felt nettled that my remark should have given rise to such immoderate mirth.
Confessions of a Thug | Philip Meadows TaylorWomen shall not lacerate their faces, nor indulge in immoderate wailing for the dead.
The Two Great Republics: Rome and the United States | James Hamilton LewisWe have noticed the evil effects of immoderate bodily exertion on the heart.
His temper causes him to form immoderate opinions and to make strong statements.
British Dictionary definitions for immoderate
/ (ɪˈmɒdərɪt, ɪˈmɒdrɪt) /
lacking in moderation; excessive: immoderate demands
obsolete venial; intemperate: immoderate habits
Derived forms of immoderate
- immoderately, adverb
- immoderation or immoderateness, noun
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