excessiveness

ex·ces·sive  (k-ssv)

adj.

Exceeding a normal, usual, reasonable, or proper limit.

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ex·cessive·ly adv.

ex·cessive·ness n.

Synonyms: excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, immoderate, inordinate, extreme, unreasonable
These adjectives mean exceeding a normal, usual, reasonable, or proper limit. Excessive describes a quantity, amount, or degree that is more than what is justifiable, tolerable, or desirable: excessive drinking.
Exorbitant usually refers to a quantity or degree that far exceeds what is customary or fair: exorbitant interest rates.
Extravagant sometimes specifies lavish or unwise expenditure (extravagant gifts); often it implies unbridled divergence from reason or sound judgment (extravagant claims). Immoderate denotes lack of due moderation: immoderate enthusiasm.
Inordinate implies an overstepping of bounds imposed by authority or dictated by good sense: inordinate demands.
Extreme suggests the utmost degree of excessiveness: extreme joy.
Unreasonable applies to what exceeds reasonable limits: charged an unreasonable rent.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

excessiveness - immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits inordinateness, excess immoderateness, immoderation - the quality of being excessive and lacking in moderation extravagance, extravagancy - the quality of exceeding the appropriate limits of decorum or probability or truth; "we were surprised by the extravagance of his description" exorbitance, outrageousness - excessive excess overplus, plethora, superfluity, embarrassment - extreme excess; "an embarrassment of riches"