undue
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6.0
- adjective
- /ʌnˈdu/
- I wouldn't want to put you under such undue pressure.
- undue hardship
- an undue burden
- undue influence
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Watch on YouTubeBut no individual wants to be the one who takes on an undue burden.
- But no individual wants to be the one who takes on an undue burden.
- Just a local little service provider that you can use or not use and it doesn't have any undue sway in your life.
- Yeah, I put a lot of undue weight in the words of people who knew no more than me.
- It will not be subject to any undue forces, but you can see just how thin that top bar is.
- Because you know, when you're going through a stressful situation like that, you know, you're paying for lawyers, you're also, you know, it causes all this undue stress in the family.
- This is a debate that's happening in court cases as people challenge this legislation as putting an undue burden on women in their right to choose an abortion.
- There was no there was no undue rush about him, no hysteria.
- So in my opinion, Scientology exercises very extreme undue influence over its members.
- Like they're going to be worried sick, like putting undue stress on themselves because I'm over there.
- But it is and, and I think that it may be places undue pressure on me.
Examples
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You just want to avoid any undue stimulation.
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The guidelines place undue weight on the amount of loss involved in the fraud.
Academic text (2017) -
Because what that is giving to the group is an undue sense of hope.
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Another related but separate concept is undue influence.
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But no individual wants to be the one who takes on an undue burden.
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Let them shape themselves without undue haste.
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The former places undue stress on already limited school resources, and the latter sacrifices critical intervention time.
Academic text (2015) -
I don't want to attract any undue attention.
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Voters moved around freely and, in general, voted without undue coercion or influence.
Academic text (1994) -
The teacher said that the project should not create any undue stress for the students.
Synonyms
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3.6
More than is needed or reasonable
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3.0
Not fair or too much for the situation
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5.9
Too large or small compared with what is fair
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7.0
Not having a good reason or official permission
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7.9
A price or cost that is much higher than it should be
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4.8
Not having a good reason for something
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7.7
Much more than is normal or reasonable
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6.7
Being too large or too small compared with something else
Antonyms
How Excessive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word undue comes from the parts un- 'not' and due 'owed' or 'proper', the same due you see in due date. So something undue is 'not proper' or more than is reasonable, which is why we call extra pressure or unfair demands 'undue'.