Excessive \Ex*cess"ive\ ([e^]k*s[e^]s"[i^]v), a. [Cf. F. excessif.] Characterized by, or exhibiting, excess; overmuch.
Excessive grief [is] the enemy to the living. --Shak.
Syn: Undue; exorbitant; extreme; overmuch; enormous; immoderate; monstrous; intemperate; unreasonable. See {Enormous} --{Ex*cess*ive*ly}, adv. -{Ex*cess"ive*ness}, n.
Japanese officials urged the U.S. to help narrow international trade imbalances by curbing excessive consumer demand and expanding production capacity.
It also rejected U.S. charges that police used excessive force.
Foreign Minister Shimon Peres visited troops in the occupied West Bank town of Bethlehem and called for restraint in quelling Arab protests in the occupied lands, saying excessive force would only radicalize Palestinians.
Williams said all the companies are requiring excessive overtime rather than hiring additional employees, which increases pension and benefit expenses.
The authority has filed an appeal in state Supreme Court claiming insufficient evidence of discrimination and that the award was excessive.
Tower showed flashes of grit and humor as he fielded questions at the National Press Club about allegations concerning excessive drinking, womanizing and lucrative consulting fees he received from defense contractors.
The justices, without comment, let stand rulings that officer Don R. Speer failed to prove the Joplin Globe acted with "actual malice" when it accused him in an editorial of using excessive force.
He blamed losses earlier this year on some "fraudulent" claims and "excessive" fees and said controls in such areas have been tightened.
He allegedly made options trades for a public customer's account without authorization of the customer or Thomson McKinnon and also was said to have made "unsuitable and excessive" trades for the same customer's account.
An excessive increase in inventories could mean job layoffs as industries cut production in an attempt to reduce backlogs.
"It would be highly undesirable if an excessive concern for inflation were to bring about a spiral of interest rate rises," said Giuliano Amato, Italy's treasury minister.
Officials at the airline made the notification Thursday because of the "excessive capacity levels authorized on these routes." Making a profit woul be almost impossible, American said.
Mrs. Thatcher has warned the authority to curb what she calls excessive sex and violence on television.
The sleep deprivation and competition were so excessive.
We should be wary of excessive eagerness to embrace workfare and similar programs as a panacea.
Jones objects to what it calls excessive violence and too many reruns on USA Network's schedule.
The suits against Toys R Us and six other companies charge that the toys are unsafe because they contain excessive amounts of lead paint or have small parts that could choke small children.
Opposition political parties condemn excessive reverence for the emperor, which they say is fostered by bureaucrats and the press.
The researchers said some of the labs gave "excessive and potentially confusing information" when reporting back.
He's a relic of another time, when people who didn't endure great hardship didn't feel obligated to inflict it on themselves through excessive introspection.
The recommendations, which blame the nation's declining competitiveness in part on excessive litigation and runaway jury awards, would require a higher burden of proof to win punitive damages and limit them to the amount of compensatory damages.
Kaspar attributed the sleeping incidents to excessive overtime required by Westinghouse.
An excessive number of new outlets contributed significantly to the high degree of price restraint that has marked the economic recovery. Under Environment Secretary John Gummer this period of liberalisation is drawing to a close.
It is plagued by overcapacity, overreliance on the local market, excessive competition in too few product lines, and an increasingly serious shortage of investment capital.
The measure provides aid for farmers suffering crop losses of more than 35 percent of their expected harvest because of the drought or other calamities such as hail, insect damage or excessive rain.
Occasionally the results were excessive, but never boring.
A more important sign of weakness came on June 12 when French voters rejected Mr. Mitterrand's calls for a "clear, if not excessive," Socialist legislative majority.
Seventy-six murders, 16 percent of the total last year, were linked to heavy drinking and 24 out of the 126 people sentenced to death during the year committed their crimes after excessive drinking, the paper said.
Although neither the client nor anyone else objected to the fee, Judge Moriarty went on to conclude that it was "unreasonable and excessive," so he reduced it by nearly 30%.
That provision stems from complaints that some cable operators charge excessive fees to discourage subscribers from switching to lower-cost options.