inordinate
in-OR-dih-nitadjMeaning far greater than is usual or reasonable
Memory hook IN-ORDINATE: NOT an ORDINARY amount. From sunrise to sunset, Grandpa polishes his old car, again and again: he spends an inordinate amount of time on it.
Pip spends an inordinate amount of time choosing his socks.
In context The project took an inordinate amount of time; what should have been a weekend job stretched into four whole months.
Similar excessive, undue, disproportionate, unreasonable
Opposite moderate, reasonable
From Latin inordinatus, “disordered”: in- (not) + ordinare (to put in order).