immoderate

[US]/ɪ'mɒd(ə)rət/
[UK]/ɪ'mɑdərət/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. excessive; lacking restraint

Example Sentences

immoderate and incurable vanity. humility

immoderate spending; immoderate laughter.See Synonyms at excessive

immoderate use of social media

immoderate reaction to criticism

Real-world Examples

Immoderate eating habits could very well turn into gluttony, which leads to health problems.

Source: The meaning of solitude.

His father immerged into an immoderate smoking and died.

Source: Pan Pan

Twelve of our crew were dead by immoderate labour and ill food; the rest were in a very weak condition.

Source: Gulliver's Travels (Original Version)

It refers to an immoderate eagerness or enthusiasm for something, or to an intense desire to eat or consume something.

Source: Word of the Day

But need I confess this to you, my dear friend, who have so often endured the anguish of witnessing my sudden transitions from sorrow to immoderate joy, and from sweet melancholy to violent passions?

Source: The Sorrows of Young Werther

Is not their folly the by-word of the libertines, who relax in their society; and do not men of sense continually lament, that an immoderate fondness for dress and dissipation carries the mother of a family for ever from home?

Source: Defending Feminism (Part 2)

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