1
: not due : not yet payable
2
: exceeding or violating propriety or fitness : excessive
undue force
Synonyms
Examples of undue in a Sentence
These requirements shouldn't cause you any undue hardship.
His writing is elegant without calling undue attention to itself.
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The announcement noted that Indiana would use pentobarbital, a drug that death penalty opponents have argued leads to undue suffering.
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Tyler Spence, The Indianapolis Star, 27 June 2024
This limited selection complicates the development of therapies that can effectively target tumors without inadvertently imposing undue harm on surrounding healthy tissues, says Herrmann, who consults for most of the major drug companies in the space, in addition to several smaller biotechs.
—Elie Dolgin, Ars Technica, 21 June 2024
With nighttime falling, rescue officials made the decision to extract the body the following day to avoid creating any undue risk.
—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 11 June 2024
After Proposition 12 passed, the National Pork Producers Council and the American Farm Bureau Federation sued, claiming California, a state that produces a minimal amount of the nation’s pork but consumes a lot of it, caused undue burden on interstate commerce.
—Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2024
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Tyler Spence, The Indianapolis Star, 27 June 2024
This limited selection complicates the development of therapies that can effectively target tumors without inadvertently imposing undue harm on surrounding healthy tissues, says Herrmann, who consults for most of the major drug companies in the space, in addition to several smaller biotechs.
—Elie Dolgin, Ars Technica, 21 June 2024
With nighttime falling, rescue officials made the decision to extract the body the following day to avoid creating any undue risk.
—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 11 June 2024
After Proposition 12 passed, the National Pork Producers Council and the American Farm Bureau Federation sued, claiming California, a state that produces a minimal amount of the nation’s pork but consumes a lot of it, caused undue burden on interstate commerce.
—Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2024
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“Undue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undue. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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undue
adjective
un·due
ˌən-ˈd(y)ü 
1
: not due
2
: excessive
undue profit
Legal Definition
undue
adjective
un·due
ˌən-ˈdü, -ˈdyü
1
: not due : not yet payable
an undue bill
2
: exceeding or violating propriety or fitness
would impose undue hardship on the debtors
such a requirement would place an undue burden on employers
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