immoderate

Questions about immoderate

What does immoderate mean?

immoderate means "beyond reasonable limits".

How many syllables are in immoderate?

immoderate has 4 syllables and divides as im-mo-de-rate under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is the opposite of immoderate?

The recorded antonyms are moderate.

Is immoderate a common word?

immoderate is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.