Word Study
undue
CIDE DICTIONARY
undue, a.
- Not due; not yet owing; as, an undue debt, note, or bond. [1913 Webster]
- Not right; not lawful or legal; improper; as, an undue proceeding. Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
undue, adj.
1 excessive, disproportionate.
2 not suitable.
3 not owed.
1 excessive, disproportionate.
2 not suitable.
3 not owed.
Idiom
undue influence Law influence by which a person is induced to act otherwise than by his or her own free will, or without adequate attention to the consequences.
Derivative
unduly adv.
THESAURUS
undue
a bit much, abandoned, aberrant, abnormal, abominable, atrocious, boundless, criminal, cutthroat, delinquent, deviant, disgraceful, dizzy, egregious, enormous, evil, exacting, exaggerated, excessive, exorbitant, extortionate, extravagant, extreme, fabulous, fancy, gigantic, gluttonous, gouging, grossly overpriced, hardly the thing, high, hyperbolic, hypertrophied, ignominious, ill-timed, illegal, immoderate, improper, inappropriate, inapt, incontinent, incorrect, indecorous, inept, inequitable, infamous, inflationary, iniquitous, inordinate, intemperate, monstrous, nonmeritorious, not coming, not done, not outstanding, not the thing, off-base, off-color, out of bounds, out of sight, out-of-line, outrageous, overbig, overdeveloped, overgreat, overgrown, overlarge, overmuch, overpriced, overweening, preposterous, prohibitive, sacrilegious, scandalous, shameful, shameless, sinful, skyrocketing, spiraling, steep, stiff, terrible, too much, towering, unapt, unbalanced, unbridled, unconscionable, undeserved, undeserving, unearned, unentitled, unequal, unequitable, uneven, unfit, unfitting, unjust, unjustifiable, unjustified, unlawful, unmeasurable, unmeet, unmerited, unmeriting, unowed, unowing, unreasonable, unrestrained, unrighteous, unrightful, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuitable, untimely, unwarrantable, unwarranted, unworthy, usurious, wicked, wrong, wrongfulROGET THESAURUS
undue
Undueness
N undueness, malum prohibitum, impropriety, illegality, falseness, emptiness of title, invalidity of title, illegitimacy, loss of right, disfranchisement, forfeiture, usurpation, tort, violation, breach, encroachment, presumption, assumption, seizure, stretch, exaction, imposition, lion's share, usurper, pretender, undue, unlawful, unconstitutional, illicit, unauthorized, unwarranted, disallowed, unallowed, unsanctioned, unjustified, unentitled, disentitled, unqualified, disqualified, unprivileged, unchartered, illegitimate, bastard, spurious, supposititious, false, usurped, tortious, undeserved, unmerited, unearned, unfulfilled, forfeited, disfranchised, improper, unmeet, unfit, unbefitting, unseemly, unbecoming, misbecoming, seemless, contra bonos mores, not the thing, out of the question, not to be thought of, preposterous, pretentious, would-be, filius nullius.For further exploring for "undue" in Webster Dictionary Online