Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Exceeding what is appropriate or normal; excessive.
  • adjective Not just, proper, or legal.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not due; not yet demandable by right; not yet owing: as, a debt, note, or bond undue.
  • Not right; not lawful; improper; unworthy: as, an undue proceeding.
  • Erring by excess; excessive; inordinate; disproportioned: as, an undue regard to the externals of religion; an undue attachment to forms; an undue rigor in the execution of law.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Not due; not yet owing.
  • adjective Not right; not lawful or legal; improper.
  • adjective Not agreeable to a rule or standard, or to duty; disproportioned; excessive; immoderate; inordinate.
  • adjective (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.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Excessive; going beyond that what is natural or sufficient.
  • adjective That which ought not to be done; illegal; unjustified.
  • adjective of a payment, etc. Not owing or payable.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective not appropriate or proper (or even legal) in the circumstances
  • adjective not yet payable
  • adjective lacking justification or authorization
  • adjective beyond normal limits

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From un- +‎ due

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Examples

  • Even Our Italy's president, Alessandra Mottola Molfino, a fierce critic of what she calls undue corporate influence on government arts and environment policy, sees a constructive role for free enterprise, praising the hoteliers who make preservation profitable by restoring entire medieval villages as alberghi diffusi "scattered hotels".

    While Pompeii Crumbles Francis X. Rocca 2011

  • Much capital is made by certain ship owners out of what they call the undue discrimination of subsidies against their vessels; but they can never lay this charge at the door of the fast and very expensive mail packets, or elsewhere than upon the slow auxiliary propellers which any of them have a right to attempt to run, and which the Government never did and never will subsidize.

    Ocean Steam Navigation and the Ocean Post Thomas Rainey

  • Protests also took place in Tacoma, Olympia, Yakima, Spokane and in Vancouver, Wash., where about 700 people demonstrated against what they described as undue influence by corporations in American life.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • Protests also took place in Tacoma, Olympia, Spokane and in Vancouver, Wash., where about 700 people demonstrated against what they described as undue influence by corporations in American life.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • Protests also took place in Tacoma, Olympia, Yakima, Spokane and in Vancouver, Wash., where about 700 people demonstrated against what they described as undue influence by corporations in American life.

    The Seattle Times 2011

  • In Vancouver, Wash., about 700 people demonstrated against what they described as undue influence by corporations in American life.

    Breaking News: CBS News 2011

  • The ongoing discussion on the introduction of an eco-contribution on plastic carrier bags is being followed very closely by the Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry which believes that such a contribution will bring what it calls undue hardship on business operators.

    MaltaMedia.com 2009

  • So a vegan lifestyle results in undue economic stress.

    Farmers dump [yellow tail] in protest | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010

  • The work, a groundbreaking study that helped establish the field of medical statistics, showed that the unmarried died from disease “in undue proportion” to their married counterparts.

    Is There a Health Advantage to Being Married? | Impact Lab 2010

  • Of course we all know that USA does not believe in undue Government regulations and big government to protect its people ..

    Landrieu won't say if she'll return BP money 2010

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