desmesurado

adj.

disproportionate, inordinate, excessive, unconscionable.

past part.

past participle of spanish verb: desmesurar.

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desmesurado

► participio pasado

1→ {{link=desmesurarse}}desmesurarse

► adjetivo

1 (excesivo) excessive, disproportionate

2 (descortés) insolent, discourteous, rude

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ADJ

1) (=desproporcionado) disproportionate

2) (=enorme) [ambición] boundless; [dimensiones] enormous

3) (=descarado) insolent

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-da adjetivo (enorme) vast, enormous; (excesivo, exagerado) excessive

una ambición desmesurada — an excessive ambition

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= inordinate, extortionate, disproportionate, exaggerated, sky-high, over-the-top.

Ex. Sometimes cataloguers will spend an inordinate length of time searching for the best heading.

Ex. This is an important and interesting book, but given that much of the material has previously been published, the price seems extortionate.

Ex. To explain this matter would require an amount of space quite disproportionate in a book of this nature.

Ex. Your exaggerated coughs and annoyed looks and the oh so dramatic flailing about of your hands and arms when he lights up drive him up a wall.

Ex. Many young people are still marrying in spite of trends that are witnessing sky-high divorce rates.

Ex. It seems all Hollywood can do now is take an original classic and flog it to death with over-the-top special effects.

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* alcanzar proporciones desmesuradas = reach + epic proportions.

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-da adjetivo (enorme) vast, enormous; (excesivo, exagerado) excessive

una ambición desmesurada — an excessive ambition

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= inordinate, extortionate, disproportionate, exaggerated, sky-high, over-the-top.

Ex: Sometimes cataloguers will spend an inordinate length of time searching for the best heading.

Ex: This is an important and interesting book, but given that much of the material has previously been published, the price seems extortionate.

Ex: To explain this matter would require an amount of space quite disproportionate in a book of this nature.

Ex: Your exaggerated coughs and annoyed looks and the oh so dramatic flailing about of your hands and arms when he lights up drive him up a wall.

Ex: Many young people are still marrying in spite of trends that are witnessing sky-high divorce rates.

Ex: It seems all Hollywood can do now is take an original classic and flog it to death with over-the-top special effects.

* alcanzar proporciones desmesuradas = reach + epic proportions.

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desmesurado -da

adjective

1 (enorme) vast, enormous

producto de una ambición desmesurada the result of excessive o untempered ambition

2 (desproporcionado) disproportionate

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Del verbo desmesurar: (conjugate desmesurar)

desmesurado es:

el participio

desmesurado,-a adjetivo excessive
'desmesurado' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
demencial
- desmesurada
- monstruosa
- monstruoso
English:
exorbitant

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desmesurado, -a adj

1. [excesivo] excessive, disproportionate;

estás dando una importancia desmesurada al asunto you're giving the issue more importance than it deserves

2. [enorme] enormous

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desmesurado

adj excessive

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desmesurado, -da adj

desmedido: excessive, inordinate

♦ desmesuradamente adv