Excessive
Excessive adjective - Going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount.
Maximum and excessive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Maximum" instead an adjective "Excessive".
Nearby Words: excess, excessively
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Most aircraft have a "never-exceed speed" listed in their specifications that's some way below their theoretical maximum, to provide a safety margin against excessive airframe stress.
Source: Over Drive -
Excessive Steam Syndrome: When the Enterprise is getting sucked into a black hole near the end and they're running the warp engines at maximum power, Scotty is running around in Engineering trying to hold the ship together.
Source: Film / Star Trek -
The Loudness War has led to certain people thinking that maximum loudness, low dynamic range, 'whispering' on the voices (caused by parts of the vocal track to have come off) and excessive brightness are a sign of improved technology, when most of the time they are just to make the music louder.
Source: The Coconut Effect
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