excessive
USik-SES-iv/ɪkˈsɛsɪv/
- 1Going beyond the usual or reasonable bounds; too much in amount; extravagant or immoderate.
The committee criticized the excessive spending on new office furniture.
Her excessive caution slowed the entire project to a crawl.
Similarextravagant, immoderate, inordinate, undue, unreasonable
Oppositemoderate, reasonable, modest, insufficient
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Origin
From Middle English excessive, from Old French excessif, from Medieval Latin excessivus, formed from excess plus the suffix -ive.