"excessive" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪkˈsɛsɪv/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-excessive.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-excessive.wav Forms: more excessive [comparative], most excessive [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛsɪv Etymology: From Middle English excessive, excessif, from Old French excessif, from Medieval Latin excessivus, equivalent to excess + -ive. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|excessive}} Middle English excessive, {{der|en|fro|excessif}} Old French excessif, {{der|en|ML.|excessivus}} Medieval Latin excessivus, {{af|en|excess|-ive}} excess + -ive Head templates: {{en-adj}} excessive (comparative more excessive, superlative most excessive)
  1. Exceeding the usual bounds of something; extravagant; immoderate. Hyponyms: exorbitant, gaudy, hedonistic Derived forms: excessively, excessiveness, excessive number, excessivism, nonexcessive, ultra-excessive, ultraexcessive, unexcessive Related terms: exceed, excess Translations (exceeding the bounds of something): ὑπέρμετρος (hupérmetros) (Ancient Greek), μέγας (mégas) (Ancient Greek), مُفْرِط (mufriṭ) [masculine] (Arabic), زَائِد (zāʔid) (Arabic), ավելորդ (avelord) (Armenian), прекален (prekalen) (Bulgarian), excessiu (Catalan), 過度 /过度 (guòdù) (Chinese Mandarin), 過分 /过分 (guòfèn) (Chinese Mandarin), nadměrný (Czech), overmatig (Dutch), troa (Esperanto), ekscesa (Esperanto), liiallinen (Finnish), yletön (Finnish), excessif (French), excesivo (Galician), ზედმეტი (zedmeṭi) (Georgian), მეტისმეტი (meṭismeṭi) (Georgian), გადაჭარბებული (gadač̣arbebuli) (Georgian), ზომაგადასული (zomagadasuli) (Georgian), უზომო (uzomo) (Georgian), ჭარბი (č̣arbi) (Georgian), გადამეტებული (gadameṭebuli) (Georgian), übermäßig (German), exzessiv (German), υπερβολικός (ypervolikós) (Greek), υπέρμετρος (ypérmetros) (Greek), अतिरिक्त (atirikt) (Hindi), túlzott (Hungarian), óhóflegur (Icelandic), iomarcach (Irish), eccessivo (Italian), 過度の (kado no) (alt: かどの) (Japanese), 과도의 (gwado-ui) (Korean), nimius (Latin), improbus (Latin), pārmērīgs (Latvian), pārliecīgs (Latvian), пре́теран (préteran) (Macedonian), преку́мерен (prekúmeren) (Macedonian), tuhene (Maori), inati (Maori), rikarika (Maori), overdreven (Norwegian Bokmål), overdriven (Norwegian Nynorsk), excessiu (Occitan), آشیری (aşırı) (Ottoman Turkish), nadmierny (Polish), wygórowany (Polish), excessivo (Portuguese), excesiv (Romanian), ли́шний (líšnij) (Russian), изли́шний (izlíšnij) (Russian), чрезме́рный (črezmérnyj) (Russian), избы́точный (izbýtočnyj) (Russian), anabarrach (Scottish Gaelic), excesivo (Spanish), överdriven (Swedish), labis (Tagalog), надмі́рний (nadmírnyj) (Ukrainian), непомі́рний (nepomírnyj) (Ukrainian)
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Alternative forms

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          "text": "\"You can throw off your cumbersome disguise here,\" said Lucy, though the words could scarcely be distinguished, from her excessive agitation, Evelyn hastily caught up a cloak and cap laid ready for him, and a few minutes brought them into the sitting-room.",
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          "roman": "mufriṭ",
          "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
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          "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
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          "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
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          "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
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          "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
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          "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
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          "roman": "meṭismeṭi",
          "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
          "word": "მეტისმეტი"
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          "roman": "gadač̣arbebuli",
          "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
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          "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
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          "code": "ga",
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
          "word": "eccessivo"
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          "alt": "かどの",
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          "roman": "kado no",
          "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
          "word": "過度の"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gwado-ui",
          "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
          "word": "과도의"
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          "code": "la",
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          "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
          "word": "improbus"
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          "code": "lv",
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          "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
          "word": "pārmērīgs"
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          "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
          "word": "pārliecīgs"
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          "roman": "préteran",
          "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
          "word": "пре́теран"
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          "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
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          "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
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          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
          "word": "inati"
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          "code": "mi",
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          "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
          "word": "rikarika"
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          "code": "pl",
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          "code": "pt",
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          "code": "ru",
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          "code": "ru",
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          "code": "gd",
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          "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
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          "code": "sv",
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          "code": "uk",
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        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Armenian translations",
        "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Czech translations",
        "Terms with Dutch translations",
        "Terms with Esperanto translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with French translations",
        "Terms with Galician translations",
        "Terms with Georgian translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Greek translations",
        "Terms with Hindi translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Icelandic translations",
        "Terms with Irish translations",
        "Terms with Italian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Korean translations",
        "Terms with Latin translations",
        "Terms with Latvian translations",
        "Terms with Macedonian translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Maori translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
        "Terms with Occitan translations",
        "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Tagalog translations",
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          "text": "Putting a wide vibrato on a single 16th triplet note at 160 beats per minute seems rather excessive.",
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          "ref": "1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VII, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 54:",
          "text": "\"You can throw off your cumbersome disguise here,\" said Lucy, though the words could scarcely be distinguished, from her excessive agitation, Evelyn hastily caught up a cloak and cap laid ready for him, and a few minutes brought them into the sitting-room.",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:excessive",
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      "word": "مُفْرِط"
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      "roman": "zāʔid",
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      "word": "زَائِد"
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      "roman": "avelord",
      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "ավելորդ"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "prekalen",
      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "прекален"
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      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "excessiu"
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      "roman": "guòdù",
      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "過度 /过度"
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      "roman": "guòfèn",
      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "nadměrný"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "overmatig"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "troa"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "ekscesa"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "yletön"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "excessif"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "excesivo"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "zedmeṭi",
      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "ზედმეტი"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "meṭismeṭi",
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      "word": "მეტისმეტი"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "word": "გადაჭარბებული"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "ზომაგადასული"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "uzomo",
      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "უზომო"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "č̣arbi",
      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "ჭარბი"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gadameṭebuli",
      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "გადამეტებული"
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      "code": "el",
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      "code": "grc",
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      "word": "μέγας"
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      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "túlzott"
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "óhóflegur"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "iomarcach"
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    {
      "code": "it",
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      "word": "eccessivo"
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    {
      "alt": "かどの",
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      "roman": "kado no",
      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "過度の"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gwado-ui",
      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "과도의"
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      "code": "la",
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "improbus"
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "pārmērīgs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "pārliecīgs"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "préteran",
      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "пре́теран"
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      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "prekúmeren",
      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "tuhene"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "nb",
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    {
      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "overdriven"
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      "code": "oc",
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      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "excessiu"
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    {
      "code": "ota",
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      "roman": "aşırı",
      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "آشیری"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "nadmierny"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "wygórowany"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "excessivo"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "excesiv"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "líšnij",
      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "ли́шний"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "изли́шний"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "črezmérnyj",
      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "чрезме́рный"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "izbýtočnyj",
      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "избы́точный"
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    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "anabarrach"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "excesivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "överdriven"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "labis"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nadmírnyj",
      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "надмі́рний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nepomírnyj",
      "sense": "exceeding the bounds of something",
      "word": "непомі́рний"
    }
  ],
  "word": "excessive"
}

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