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EXCESSIVE

excessive, inordinate, undue, unreasonable - a 
beyond normal limits; "excessive charges"; "a book of inordinate length"; "his dress stops just short of undue elegance"; "unreasonable demands" 

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Synonyms

baroque, devilish, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, fancy, immoderate, inordinate, insane, intolerable, lavish, overdue, overextravagant, overmuch, overweening, plethoric, steep, stiff, towering, unconscionable, undue, unmerciful

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Examples

Politicians use an excessive amount of hyperbole.

Maybe it was the mercury in the tuna she ate or the excessive amounts of chocolate.

This circumstance is due to the sea-breezes, which blow with great regularity, and temper what would otherwise be an excessive heat.

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Etymology

"exceeding the usual or proper limit, degree, measure, or proportion; going beyond what is sanctioned by correct principles; immoderate; extravagant; unreasonable;" late 14c., from Old French excessif "excessive, oppressive," from Latin excess-, past-participle stem of excedere "to depart, go beyond" (see exceed). Related: Excessively; excessiveness.

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