Translations for „inordinate“ in the English » German Dictionary

in·or·di·nate [ɪˈnɔ:dɪnət, Am ˌɪnˈɔ:rdənɪt] ADJ pej form

inordinate

ungeheuere(r, s) attr

inordinate

ungeheuerlich

we've spent an inordinate amount of time/energy on this project

wir haben ungeheuer viel Zeit/Energie auf dieses Projekt verwendet

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

we've spent an inordinate amount of time/energy on this project

wir haben ungeheuer viel Zeit/Energie auf dieses Projekt verwendet

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He was also extremely durable, able to endure inordinate amounts of damage.

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However, it has been recorded that unlike tea, no nervous disorders arise from its inordinate use.

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The attempt to dislodge the 127th was not a determined one and the battalion's inordinate firepower debarred further attempts.

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These problems might require large amounts of time or an inordinate amount of space.

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The town became a coaching centre, which accounts for the inordinate number of inns that were formerly in the vicinity of the market place.

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This hostility yielded, among other things, an inordinate amount of publicity about human rights issues.

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On the first place there is the pleasure, and thus inordinate fondness of play is opposed to eutrapelia.

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The consequent personnel interchangeability presumably prevented the creation of warlord fiefs and the development of inordinate personal loyalties within the military establishment.

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I am now at the height of my resources, sound of health, of inordinate ambition.

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Because of unfamiliarity with the phenomenon, the staff spent inordinate amounts of time on sightings that were obviously aircraft, meteors or hoaxes.

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