undue
AdjectiveUS[uhn-doo]/ənˈdu/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (4)
- not yet payable“an undue loan”Opposite due
- not appropriate or proper (or even legal) in the circumstances“undue influence”“I didn't want to show undue excitement”“accused of using undue force”Opposite due
- lacking justification or authorization“desire for undue private profit”“unwarranted limitations of personal freedom”Synonyms: unjustifiedunwarrantedOpposite reasonableSimilar unreasonable
- beyond normal limits“excessive charges”“a book of inordinate length”“his dress stops just short of undue elegance”“unreasonable demands”Synonyms: excessiveinordinateunreasonableOpposite moderateSimilar immoderate
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Un·due′ adjective
1. Not due; not yet owing; as, an undue debt, note, or bond.
2. Not right; not lawful or legal; improper; as, an undue proceeding. Francis, Baron Verulam Bacon
3. Not agreeable to a rule or standard, or to duty; disproportioned; excessive; immoderate; inordinate; as, an undue attachment to forms; an undue rigor in the execution of law.
Undue influence Law, any improper or wrongful constraint, machination, or urgency of persuasion, by which one's will is overcome and he is induced to do or forbear an act which he would not do, or would do, if left to act freely. Benjamin Vaughan. Abbott
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54