ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD INORDINATE
From Latin inordinātus disordered, from in-1 + ordināre to put in order.
10 QUOTES WITH «INORDINATE»
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inordinate.
As my other obligations are beginning to take an inordinate amount of time, I have asked to step down as WMG's board chairman, effective January 31, 2012. However, I will remain a director of the company and in that way, continue my association with Warner Music and its extraordinary people.
Death is always around the corner, but often our society gives it inordinate help.
The literature of the inner life is very largely a record of struggle with the inordinate passions of the social self.
When a publisher spends an inordinate amount on an acquisition, it will do everything in its power to make that project a market success.
I will say that there is an inordinate amount of medicine in my novels, especially the first one. There are a lot of medical things that happen. A hip fracture, three different kinds of lung cancer, pneumonia, blood poisoning, and so on.
I remember laughing an inordinate amount of time. Setting up scenes that involve ooze coming out basements, or pigs' heads flying through windows is really fun. How could you not laugh?
There's an inordinate amount of attention put on actors. Some people want to make their lives public, but that doesn't mean everybody does.
Every time you have a new tax, or every time you have to pay really an inordinate amount for a regulation, it's really stifling this country and really stifling American business.
As others have recently suggested, the term 'gamer' is no longer useful as an identity because games are for everyone. These days, even my mom spends an inordinate amount of time gaming on her iPad. So I'll take a cue from my younger self and say I don't care about being a 'gamer,' but I sure do love video games.
Attachment to spiritual things is... just as much an attachment as inordinate love of anything else.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INORDINATE»
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inordinate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
inordinate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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An
Inordinate Fondness for Beetles
Shows and describes the characteristics of beetles.
Arthur V. Evans, C. L. Bellamy, 2000
2
An
Inordinate Fondness for Beetles
This book follows the Victorian-era explorations of Alfred Russel Wallace throughout Indonesia, Indonesia, Malaysia.
Paul Spencer Sochaczewski, 2012
3
The
inordinate eye: New World Baroque and Latin American fiction
The Inordinate Eye traces the relations of Latin American painting, sculpture, architecture, and literature—the stories they tell each other and the ways in which their creators saw the world and their place in it.
Lois Parkinson Zamora, 2006
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English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With ...
IRREGULAR, DISORDERLY, INORDINATE, INTEMPERATE. IRREGULAR, that
is literally not regular, marks merely the absence of a good quality :
DISORDERLY, that is literally out of order, marks the presence of a positively bad
quality.
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The Churchman's monthly review
A. Pride is an inordinate love and esteem of our own worth or excellence. " Q.
What is covctouBness ? "A Covetousness is an inordinate desire of wealth. " Q.
What is lust ? " A. Lust is an inordinate desire of carnal pleasure. "Q. What is
anger?
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An
Inordinate Fondness for Chocolate
With more than 150 delectable recipes from around the world, this book will transport chocolate lovers to the milky way!
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Vengeance in Medieval Europe: A Reader
First, i think, we should discuss whether an attacking enemy or an ambushing
murderer can be killed without any inordinate desire, for the sake of preserving
one's life, liberty, or chastity. evodius: How can i think that people are without ...
Daniel Lord Smail, Kelly Gibson, 2009
8
Inordinate Affection!, Or, What Happened to Eden?
The Bible taught about Satan, spiritual warfare, and putting on the armor of God. But I found that hand to hand combat was quite different than war college!
9
Justice: Rights and Wrongs
AVOIDING INORDINATE LOVE Augustine regularly calls attention to a certain
way of loving one's neighbor that is to be avoided. Though he never settles on a
preferred terminology for describing that way, the core idea is that we are to avoid
...
Nicholas Wolterstorff, 2010
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Alhacen's Theory of Visual Perception: A Critical Edition, ...
[7.43] Hence, on the basis of this similarity there arises an error in the judgment of
texture in the painting because of the inordinate distance in relation to the object
that is painted. For the smoothness of a painting cannot be perceived unless it ...
Alhazen, A. Mark Smith, 2001
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INORDINATE»
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Airport security 'an inordinate draw' on garda resources - The Clare …
“There is an inordinate draw on our resources that could be used more favourably on crime detection and prevention,” he said. However, the ... «Clare Champion, Jul 15»
Gold medalist swimmer Allison Schmitt fighting through depression
“They spend an inordinate amount of time and energy focused on a singular goal,” he says. “And then we don't support them in the next thing, ... «Detroit Free Press, Jul 15»
Nerfing Gjallarhorn And Thorn Is The Exact Wrong Move For …
So if the problem was that players spent an inordinate amount of time with a few overpowered guns, the solution is to give us more ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
Despite hurdles, sheriff confident in results of Stony Creek crash probe
... uncooperative witnesses and social-media fueled speculation -– speculation that resulted in investigators spending an inordinate amount of ... «The Macomb Daily, Jul 15»
Johann Sebastian Bach: Leading soloists on the mastery and …
In a brilliant early-1960s talk for Canadian TV, Gould said that all music since Bach's time had lost "that inordinate state of ecstasy that ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
Frontier markets with a positive story can reward the specialist - FT …
This value approach means they spend an inordinate amount of time hunting down bargain stocks in unloved markets where the balance sheet ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
In search of what exactly defines the “gay voice” - Quartz
Interviewed for the documentary, Toronto researcher Smyth recalls spending an inordinate amount of time listening to his mother's gossipy ... «Quartz, Jul 15»
Our Ruinously Expensive Criminal Justice System - Matt Vespa
Regarding child welfare, Booker noted that we have an inordinate number of children suffering due to our incarceration rates. Concerning the ... «Town Hall, Jul 15»
Despite injuries, Nats feel good heading into second half | Comcast …
That is despite an inordinate amount of injuries up and down their roster that began in spring training and persist as the team gets set to begin ... «Comcast SportsNet Washington, Jul 15»
#IfIDieInPoliceCustody Should Break Your Heart and Make You Angry
Taxpayers invest an inordinate amount of money in prisons. According to a Vera Institute of Justice survey, the average cost per inmate for ... «Mic, Jul 15»
