immoderate

English

Etymology

From Middle English inmoderat, immoderate, from Latin immoderātus.

Adjective

immoderate (comparative more immoderate, superlative most immoderate)

Not moderate; excessive.
- 2023 March 21, Ian Bogost, “Is This the Singularity for Standardized Tests?”, in The Atlantic‎:
  Many of the initial responses to GPT-4’s exam prowess were predictably immoderate: AI can keep up with human lawyers, or apply to Stanford, or make “education” useless.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:excessive

Derived terms

Related terms

immoderation

Translations

not moderate; excessive

Bulgarian: неумерен (bg) (neumeren), прекален (bg) (prekalen)
German: maßlos (de), unmäßig (de)
Hebrew: מוגזם, מופרז
Italian: senza moderazione
Latin: improbus
Macedonian: неу́мерен (neúmeren)
Spanish: desmedido (es), desmesurado (es)

Latin

Adjective

immoderāte

vocative masculine singular of immoderātus

References

“immoderate”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“immoderate”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
immoderate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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