far more than is usual or expected synonym excessive過度的;過分的;超乎預料的 They spent an inordinate amount of time and money on the production. 他們在生産上投入了過多的時間和金錢。 The strike has led to inordinate delays. 罷工使許多事情延期過久。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryInordinate is used with these nouns:- amount
- delay
- length
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Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin inordinatus, from in- ‘not’ + ordinatus ‘arranged, set in order’ (past participle of ordinare).