inordinately

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Recent Examples of inordinately Former Intel engineer François Piednoël claimed that the Skylake architecture was inordinately buggy and that Apple was the one finding a lot of the bugs. — ArsTechnica, 15 June 2026 The place seemed inordinately busy. — Byron W. Dalrymple, Outdoor Life, 4 June 2026 The digital menu is divided into a handful of confusing categories that force you to rely on your previous memory of what’s on offer, not only because finding new options is so difficult, but also because even looking for them is inordinately time-consuming. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 10 Apr. 2026 The road to today’s launch attempt has been long, winding and bumpy for NASA, not to mention inordinately expensive. — Charlie Gile, NBC news, 1 Apr. 2026 Fans love the show for its unique format, competitive edge, and, of course, the inordinately attractive cast. — Kevin Jacobsen, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Feb. 2026 But among Linckia, stories like that of FiveArm, FourArm, and Comet are inordinately common. — Mandy-Suzanne Wong, Longreads, 5 Feb. 2026 The film’s title may be overstated, but there’s no denying the way the song’s message about longing, separation, and regret affected an inordinately wide range of people who heard it. — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2025 As the article points out, California’s mismanagement is contributing inordinately to the highest utility and gasoline prices in the country. — U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inordinately
Adverb
  • Elsewhere, Julia Fox erupted on the scene, sporting skinny brows, overly blushed cheeks, black liner and glossed lips, no less.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Excessive regulations and overly stringent environmental laws make construction difficult, reducing supply and making homes too costly for most Californians.
    — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • Jaguar’s customers were also aging, and its competition—previously BMW, Mercedes, Lexus, Audi, and the like—were going electric, too.
    — Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 7 Oct. 2026
  • But even with 22 tracks to work with, the sound too often defaults to a similar muted backdrop, which blurs some of the less distinct songs together.
    — Molly Mary O’Brien, Pitchfork, 7 Oct. 2026
Adverb
  • OpenAI’s 2025 rollback of an excessively agreeable GPT-4o update illustrates a different type of evaluation challenge.
    — Babajide Ojuola, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026
  • This term means correcting people’s mistaken beliefs about what their peers normally do, like regularly drinking excessively.
    — Pietro A. Sasso, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2026

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“Inordinately.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inordinately. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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