immoderate

[US]/ɪ'mɒd(ə)rət/
[UK]/ɪ'mɑdərət/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. excesivo; carente de moderación

Example Sentences

immoderate and incurable vanity. humility

immoderate y incurable vanidad. humildad

immoderate spending; immoderate laughter.See Synonyms at excessive

gasto immoderado; risa immoderada.Ver sinónimos en excesivo

immoderate use of social media

uso immoderado de las redes sociales

immoderate reaction to criticism

reacción immoderada a la crítica

Real-world Examples

Immoderate eating habits could very well turn into gluttony, which leads to health problems.

Los hábitos alimenticios imoderados podrían convertirse muy bien en glotonería, lo que lleva a problemas de salud.

Source: The meaning of solitude.

His father immerged into an immoderate smoking and died.

Su padre se sumergió en un tabaquismo imoderado y murió.

Source: Pan Pan

Twelve of our crew were dead by immoderate labour and ill food; the rest were in a very weak condition.

Doce de nuestra tripulación murieron a causa del trabajo imoderado y la mala comida; el resto estaban en muy mal estado.

Source: Gulliver's Travels (Original Version)

It refers to an immoderate eagerness or enthusiasm for something, or to an intense desire to eat or consume something.

Se refiere a un entusiasmo o entusiasmo imoderado por algo, o a un intenso deseo de comer o consumir algo.

Source: Word of the Day

But need I confess this to you, my dear friend, who have so often endured the anguish of witnessing my sudden transitions from sorrow to immoderate joy, and from sweet melancholy to violent passions?

¿Necesito confesarte esto a ti, mi querido amigo, que tan a menudo has soportado la angustia de presenciar mis transiciones repentinas de la tristeza a la alegría imoderada y de la dulce melancolía a las pasiones violentas?

Source: The Sorrows of Young Werther

Is not their folly the by-word of the libertines, who relax in their society; and do not men of sense continually lament, that an immoderate fondness for dress and dissipation carries the mother of a family for ever from home?

¿No es su insensatez la palabra de moda de los libertinos, que se relajan en su compañía; y no lamentan continuamente los hombres de razón que un afecto imoderado por el vestido y la disipación aleja para siempre a la madre de una familia de su hogar?

Source: Defending Feminism (Part 2)

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