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Definition of immoderate adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

immoderate

adjective
 
/ɪˈmɒdərət/
 
/ɪˈmɑːdərət/
[usually before noun] (formal, disapproving)
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  1. extreme; not reasonable synonym excessive
    • immoderate drinking
    opposite moderate
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin immoderatus, from in- ‘not’ + moderatus ‘reduced, controlled’, past participle of moderare.
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