[onlybeforenoun] (formal) more than you think is reasonable or necessary
SYNEXCESSIVE:
They are taking undue advantage of the situation. * The work should be carried out without undue delay. * We did not want to put any undue pressure on them. * Repayments can be made over a long period, without putting undue strain on your finances.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for undue is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is undue a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, undue is tagged as adjective.
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