undue
Pronunciation Adjective
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Pronunciation Adjective
undue
- Excessive; going beyond that what is natural or sufficient.
- To individuals who despise killings in any form, death penalty is undue punishment.
- 2016 January 17, "Wealthy cabals run America ↗," Al Jazeera America (retrieved 18 January 2016):
- But even if they don’t announce themselves on the cover of the Times business section, groups of millionaires exercise undue influence on every aspect of American life every day.
- That which ought not to be done; illegal; unjustified.
- (of a payment etc) Not owing or payable.
- German: übertrieben
- Spanish: desproporcionado
- German: unangemessen
- Spanish: injustificado
- Spanish: indebido, no debido
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