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undue(dictionary)

undue (iou)



undue adjective. LME.
[from UN-1 + DUE adjective, after Old & mod. French indu.]
Not owing or payable. Now rare. LME.
That ought not to be or to be done; inappropriate, unsuitable, improper; unrightful, unjustifiable. LME.
undue influence Law: whereby a person enters into a transaction without exercising an independent judgement or under pressure.
B. Jowett The undue awarding of honours is the ruin of states.
Going beyond what is warranted or natural; excessive, disproportionate. LME.
Insight Weaknesses in his thesis have..been noted, such as his undue emphasis on frontier settlement.