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.
Recent Examples on the Web
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.
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Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2024
An Arizona court will look at eight different factors to help determine whether a beneficiary deed was procured through undue influence:
Did your sister make fraudulent representations to your mom?
—Christopher A. Combs, The Arizona Republic, 30 Apr. 2024
Slumping and hunching creates undue strain and tension on muscles, joints, discs, and ligaments, which can lead to next-day achiness, interfering with sleep quality.
—Hilary Tetenbaum, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
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Both Powell and Zhang want to avoid causing undue alarm over the impact EV charging can have on the grid — particularly as EV adoption faces partisan attacks.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 29 May 2024
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Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 24 May 2024
An Arizona court will look at eight different factors to help determine whether a beneficiary deed was procured through undue influence:
Did your sister make fraudulent representations to your mom?
—Christopher A. Combs, The Arizona Republic, 30 Apr. 2024
Slumping and hunching creates undue strain and tension on muscles, joints, discs, and ligaments, which can lead to next-day achiness, interfering with sleep quality.
—Hilary Tetenbaum, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024
Related All the news about EV charging in the US
Both Powell and Zhang want to avoid causing undue alarm over the impact EV charging can have on the grid — particularly as EV adoption faces partisan attacks.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 29 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for undue
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“Undue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undue. Accessed 19 Jun. 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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