inordinate
Way too much
Inordinate means exceeding reasonable limits—too much, too many, or too great: an inordinate amount of time, inordinate demands.
The word suggests disproportion or excess beyond what circumstances warrant.
Someone with an inordinate fondness for sweets craves them excessively.
The project consumed an inordinate share of the budget.
Not properly scaled
- exorbitantUnreasonably high, as costs
- extravagantExceeding sensible bounds
- immoderateBeyond reasonable bounds
- unreasonableNot guided by reason
undue · outsized · outsize · overblown · overmuch · intemperate · unconscionable · extreme
Without adequate justification
- groundlessLacking factual support
- baselessLacking factual support
- unfoundedWithout factual support
- unjustifiableCannot be reasonably defended
unmerited · gratuitous · unprovoked · uncalled-for · inappropriate · improper · unsuitable · undeserved
Using up entirely
- preoccupyingFilling someone's thoughts
- fixatedObsessively attached or focused
- compulsiveUnable to stop oneself
- fanaticalExtremely and uncritically devoted
obsessed · single-minded · all-consuming · absorbed · engrossed · overwhelming · uncontrollable · manic
disproportionate
Not properly scaled
- exorbitantUnreasonably high, as costs
- extravagantExceeding sensible bounds
- immoderateBeyond reasonable bounds
unreasonable · undue · outsized · outsize · overblown · overmuch · intemperate · unconscionable · extreme · unwarranted
unwarranted
Without adequate justification
- groundlessLacking factual support
- baselessLacking factual support
- unfoundedWithout factual support
unjustifiable · unmerited · gratuitous · unprovoked · uncalled-for · inappropriate · improper · unsuitable · undeserved · illegitimate
consuming
Using up entirely
- preoccupyingFilling someone's thoughts
- fixatedObsessively attached or focused
- compulsiveUnable to stop oneself
fanatical · obsessed · single-minded · all-consuming · absorbed · engrossed · overwhelming · uncontrollable · manic · feverish
- excessexcess, too much, excessive, excessiveness, overabundance
- theatricaltheatrical, dramatic, melodramatic, histrionic, hammy
inordinatemoderate
Lessen intensity or preside
modest · minimal · reasonable · temperate · minimum
inordinatereasonable
Showing sound judgment
proportionate · warranted · appropriate · justified · fitting
inordinaterestrained
Held under control
temperate · moderate · controlled · disciplined · inhibited