Meaning

3 senses
  1. Excessive; going beyond that what is natural or sufficient.

    To individuals who despise killings in any form, death penalty is undue punishment.

    übertrieben

    надмірнийnadmirnyj

  2. Which ought not to be done; illegal; unjustified.

    unangemessen

  3. Not owing or payable.

    not yet payable

Examples

11 sentences
  1. There is no cause for undue alarm.

    ruНет причин для непомерной тревоги.

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  2. There's no need to take undue risks.

    ruНет необходимости непомерно рисковать.

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  3. You should avoid undue stress now.

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  4. This is too big and undue risk.

    ruЭто слишком большой и неоправданный риск.

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  5. It was all because of my undue credulity.

    ruВсему виной была моя излишняя доверчивость.

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Translations

4 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
1. Excessive; going beyond that what is natural or sufficient:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
1. Excessive; going beyond that what is natural or sufficient:
2. That which ought not to be done; illegal; unjustified:

Origin

From un- + due.

From un- + due.

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Forms

more undue, most undue
Comparativemore undue Lesson
Superlativemost undue Lesson

regular

Synonyms

23 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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