adjective
- Not yet payable.
- usage: "an undue loan"
- Not appropriate or proper (or even legal) in the circumstances.
- usage: "undue influence"; "I didn't want to show undue excitement"; "accused of using undue force"
- Lacking justification or authorization.
- usage: "desire for undue private profit"; "unwarranted limitations of personal freedom"
- synonyms: unjustified, unwarranted
- Beyond normal limits.
- usage: "excessive charges"; "a book of inordinate length"; "his dress stops just short of undue elegance"; "unreasonable demands"
- synonyms: excessive, inordinate, unreasonable
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