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Webster 1913 Edition
Undue
Un-due′
,Adj.
1.
Not due; not yet owing;
as, an
. undue
debt, note, or bond2.
Not right; not lawful or legal; improper;
as, an
. undue
proceedingBacon.
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 lawUndue 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.
Abbott.
Webster 1828 Edition
Undue
UNDUE
, a.1.
Not due; not yet demandable of right; as a debt, note or bond undue.2.
Not right; not legal; improper; as an undue proceeding.3.
Not agreeable to a rule or standard, or to duty; not proportioned; excessive; as an undue regard to the externals of religion; an undue attachment to forms; an undue rigor in the execution of law.Definition 2024
undue
undue
English
Adjective
undue (comparative more undue, superlative most undue)
- Excessive; going beyond that what is natural or sufficient.
- To individuals who despise killings in any form, death penalty is undue punishment.
- 2016 January 17, "Wealthy cabals run America," Al Jazeera America (retrieved 18 January 2016):
- But even if they don’t announce themselves on the cover of the Times business section, groups of millionaires exercise undue influence on every aspect of American life every day.
- That which ought not to be done; illegal; unjustified.
- (of a payment etc) Not owing or payable.
Derived terms
Translations
Excessive; going beyond that what is natural or sufficient
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That which ought not to be done; illegal; unjustified
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