Antonyms for undue

Grammar : Adj

Spell : uhn-doo, -dyoo

Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈdu, -ˈdyu

Definition of undue

Origin : late 14c., "not owing or payable," from un- (1) "not" + past participle of due (adj.). Formed on model of Old French indeu, Latin indebitus. Meaning "not appropriate, unseasonable" is recorded from late 14c. Sense of "unjustifiable" is attested from c.1400 (implied in unduly). Meaning "excessive" is first recorded 1680s.

adj excessive, unnecessary

Example sentences :

His cousin, M. Charbonnel, got the will reduced on the ground of undue influence.
Extract from : « A Zola Dictionary » by J. G. Patterson

There was an air of undue haste—a precipitancy and rush not all reassuring.
Extract from : « Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman » by J. H. (James Harvey) Kidd

As long as they made no undue noise, they were left to their own devices.
Extract from : « Vulcan's Workshop » by Harl Vincent

The mischief is in the blood,—I mean, in the undue distribution of the blood.
Extract from : « The Fortunes Of Glencore » by Charles James Lever

But their attitude arrested him; he felt an undue strain in the air.
Extract from : « The Man Who Wins » by Robert Herrick

The natural result of stretching the law to undue limits is to weaken it.
Extract from : « The Task of Social Hygiene » by Havelock Ellis

This is, possibly, an undue assertion of the superiority of man.
Extract from : « The Task of Social Hygiene » by Havelock Ellis

There was the whole day before him; so what need of undue speed.
Extract from : « Phil Bradley's Mountain Boys » by Silas K. Boone

The claims of Totnes have been set forth with no undue modesty.
Extract from : « Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts » by Rosalind Northcote

But the other was determined not to take any undue advantage.
Extract from : « Elsie Marley, Honey » by Joslyn Gray

Synonyms for undue

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