an inordinate amount of time

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• inordinate — [[t]ɪnɔ͟ː(r)dɪnɪt[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n (emphasis) If you describe something as inordinate, you are emphasizing that it is unusually or excessively great in amount or degree. [FORMAL] They spend an inordinate amount of time talking. ...their… …   English dictionary

• inordinate — in|or|di|nate [ ın ɔrdınət ] adjective usually before noun FORMAL much more than you would usually expect: used for emphasizing how large something is or how much of something there is: It all took an inordinate amount of time. ╾ in|or|di|nate|ly …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• inordinate — UK [ɪnˈɔː(r)dɪnət] / US [ɪnˈɔrdɪnət] adjective [usually before noun] formal much more than you would usually expect: used for emphasizing how large something is or how much of something there is It all took an inordinate amount of time. Derived… …   English dictionary

• inordinate — in|or|di|nate [ıˈno:dənıt US o:r ] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: inordinatus, from ordinare to arrange ] far more than you would reasonably or normally expect = ↑excessive ▪ Testing is taking up an inordinate amount of teachers time.… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• inordinate — adjective far more than you would reasonably or normally expect: Testing is taking up an inordinate amount of teachers time. inordinately adverb: She s inordinately fond of her parrot …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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