1
: not due : not yet payable
2
: exceeding or violating propriety or fitness : excessive
undue force
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.
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Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 13 June 2025
Other clubs are present thanks to a ranking system that takes in league and continental results over the past five seasons, but even that is flawed and gives undue prominence to achievements from three or four years ago.
—Nick Miller, New York Times, 13 June 2025
Feeling angry enough to bust some balls, literally, but don’t want to cause undue harm and/or get arrested?
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 6 June 2025
Abraham Ingersoll, chief information security officer of the company, says the technology enables his team to ensure staff are able to make the best use of AI tools without taking undue risk.
—David Prosser, Forbes.com, 29 May 2025
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“Undue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undue. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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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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