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undue

ADJ ไม่เหมาะสม  เกินไป  เลยเถิด  เกินควร  excessive immoderate overdone mai-mo-som

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

UNDUE

a. 1. Not due; not yet demandable of right; as a debt, note or bond undue.
2. Not right; not legal; improper; as an undue proceeding.
3. Not agreeable to a rule or standard, or to duty; not proportioned; excessive; as an undue regard to the externals of religion; an undue attachment to forms; an undue rigor in the execution of law.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

UNDUE

UNDUE Un *due ", a.

 

1. Not due; not yet owing; as, an undue debt, note, or bond.

 

2. Not right; not lawful or legal; improper; as, an undue proceeding. Bacon.

 

3. Not agreeable to a rule or standard, or to duty; disproportioned; excessive; immoderate; inordinate; as, an undue attachment to forms; an undue rigor in the execution of law. Undue influence (Law ), any improper or wrongful constraint, machination, or urgency of persuasion, by which one's will is overcome and he is induced to do or forbear an act which he would not do, or would do, if left to act freely. Abbott.

 

UNDUENESS

UNDUENESS Un *due "ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality of being undue.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

undue

un due |ˌənˈd (y )o͞o ˌənˈd (j )u | adjective unwarranted or inappropriate because excessive or disproportionate: this figure did not give rise to undue concern. DERIVATIVES un du ly |-ˈd (y )o͞olē |adverb

 

undue influence

un due in flu ence noun Law influence by which a person is induced to act otherwise than by their own free will or without adequate attention to the consequences.

 

Oxford Dictionary

undue

un ¦due |ʌnˈdjuː | adjective unwarranted or inappropriate because excessive or disproportionate: this figure did not give rise to undue concern.

 

undue influence

un ¦due in |flu |ence noun [ mass noun ] Law influence by which a person is induced to act otherwise than by their own free will or without adequate attention to the consequences.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

undue

undue adjective we didn't intend to add undue stress to your situation: excessive, immoderate, intemperate, inordinate, disproportionate; uncalled for, unneeded, unnecessary, needless, unwarranted, unjustified, unreasonable; inappropriate, unmerited, unsuitable, improper. ANTONYMS appropriate.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

undue

undue adjective make sure that you can afford the repayments without putting undue strain on your finances: excessive, extreme, immoderate, intemperate, disproportionate, inordinate; fulsome, superfluous, too much, too great; uncalled for, unneeded, unnecessary, non-essential, not required, needless; unwarranted, unjustified, unreasonable; inappropriate, unmerited, unsuitable, unseemly, unbecoming, improper, ill-advised. ANTONYMS due, appropriate, proper.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

undue

n d e 形容詞 かたく 1 過度の, 不相応な with undue haste むやみに急いで 2 不当な, 不法の .3 借金 手形などが 〉支払い期限が来ていない .