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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Her character is introduced briskly questioning one officer accused of undue violence while performing crowd control at the populist yellow-vest protests that erupted throughout France in late 2018.
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 15 May 2025
At the time, his House Un-American Activities Committee was causing undue terror around the nation, but thanks to Murrow’s newscasts on CBS, the junior senator from Wisconsin was ultimately investigated and censured by 1954.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 15 May 2025
In an era when women were testing norms – and undue modesty was the first to go – Betty was star and a 1930s sensation, with legs for days, a bob as short as her dress and heels impossibly high, a New Modern Woman who proved popular with children and adults alike.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 15 May 2025
The company argues that Epic’s control over the nation’s health records gives it undue influence over what data is shared, how it’s shared, and who can participate in that exchange.
—Seth Joseph, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
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Guy Lodge, Variety, 15 May 2025
At the time, his House Un-American Activities Committee was causing undue terror around the nation, but thanks to Murrow’s newscasts on CBS, the junior senator from Wisconsin was ultimately investigated and censured by 1954.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 15 May 2025
In an era when women were testing norms – and undue modesty was the first to go – Betty was star and a 1930s sensation, with legs for days, a bob as short as her dress and heels impossibly high, a New Modern Woman who proved popular with children and adults alike.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 15 May 2025
The company argues that Epic’s control over the nation’s health records gives it undue influence over what data is shared, how it’s shared, and who can participate in that exchange.
—Seth Joseph, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for undue
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“Undue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/undue. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
Copy CitationKids Definition
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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