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undue |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Undue \Un*due"\, a. 1. Not due; not yet owing; as an undue debt, note, or bond. 2. Not right not lawful or legal; improper; as an undue proceeding. --Bacon. 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 law. {Undue 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: undue adj 1: not yet payable; "an undue loan" [syn: {not due}] [ant: {due}] 2: not appropriate or proper (or even legal) in the circumstances; "undue influence"; "I didn't want to show undue excitement"; "accused of using undue force" [ant: {due}] 3: lacking justification or authorization; "unreasonable searches and seizures"; "desire for undue private profit"; "unwarranted limitations of personal freedom" [syn: {unjustified}, {unwarranted}] 4: beyond normal limits; "excessive charges"; "a book of inordinate length"; "his dress stops just short of undue elegance"; "unreasonable demands" [syn: {excessive}, {inordinate}, {unreasonable}]
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