inordinate amount

Frequency: 7.01.1 per million words

Describes an excessively large quantity of something uncountable.

inordinateADJECTIVE + NOUN

Categories:

amount

Examples (10)

  • The project required an inordinate amount of time and resources.
  • He spends an inordinate amount of money on trivial things.
  • She felt an inordinate amount of pressure to succeed.
  • There was an inordinate amount of paperwork involved in the process.
  • Despite an inordinate amount of effort, they failed to reach an agreement.
  • The new system generated an inordinate amount of data.
  • Receiving an inordinate amount of criticism can be disheartening.
  • The problem caused an inordinate amount of stress for everyone.
  • To achieve that level of detail, it takes an inordinate amount of patience.
  • We had an inordinate amount of rain this summer.