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immoderate

adjective

🔊/ɪˈmɒdərət/

🔊/ɪˈmɑːdərət/

[usually before noun] (formal, disapproving)

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extreme; not reasonable极端的；不适度的；不合理的；过度的 synonym excessive
- immoderate drinking无节制的饮酒
opposite moderate
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin immoderatus, from in- ‘not’ + moderatus ‘reduced, controlled’, past participle of moderare.