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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

immoderate en · ADJ

Etymology

From Middle English inmoderat, immoderate, from Latin immoderātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Meanings

  1. Not moderate; excessive.
    • 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. 2023 March 21, Ian Bogost, “Is This the Singularity for Standardized Tests?”, in The Atlantic:

Forms

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more immoderate Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most immoderate Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

immoderateness · immoderately

Relateds

immoderation

Translations (21)

he מופרז (not moderate; excessive) · he מוגזם (not moderate; excessive) · pl nieumiarkowany (not moderate; excessive) · sv omåttlig (not moderate; excessive) · el υπέρμετρος (not moderate; excessive) · mk неу́мерен (not moderate; excessive) · pl nadmierny (not moderate; excessive) · de maßlos (not moderate; excessive) · es desmesurado (not moderate; excessive) · pl przesadny (not moderate; excessive) · pl niepohamowany (not moderate; excessive) · it senza moderazione (not moderate; excessive) · ota آشیری (not moderate; excessive) · fi ylenpalttinen (not moderate; excessive) · la improbus (not moderate; excessive) · es desmedido (not moderate; excessive) · el υπερβολικός (not moderate; excessive) · bg прекален (not moderate; excessive) · grc ἀκρατής (not moderate; excessive) · bg неумерен (not moderate; excessive) · de unmäßig (not moderate; excessive)