"immoderate" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more immoderate [comparative], most immoderate [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English inmoderat, immoderate, from Latin immoderātus. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|inmoderat}} Middle English inmoderat, {{der|en|la|immoderātus}} Latin immoderātus Head templates: {{en-adj}} immoderate (comparative more immoderate, superlative most immoderate)
  1. Not moderate; excessive. Derived forms: immoderately, immoderateness Related terms: immoderation Translations (not moderate; excessive): неумерен (neumeren) (Bulgarian), прекален (prekalen) (Bulgarian), maßlos (German), unmäßig (German), מוגזם (Hebrew), מופרז (Hebrew), senza moderazione (Italian), improbus (Latin), неу́мерен (neúmeren) (Macedonian), desmedido (Spanish), desmesurado (Spanish)

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