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undue
adjective
1 undue
2 undue
Not appropriate or proper (or even legal) in the circumstances.
3 undue
Lacking justification or authorization:
— Desire for undue private profit.
synonyms: unjustified, unwarranted.
Roget 925:
undue;
unlawful
etc.
(illegal)
964;
unconstitutional;
illicit;
unauthorized,
unwarranted,
disallowed,
unallowed†,
unsanctioned,
unjustified;
unentitled†,
disentitled,
unqualified,
disqualified;
unprivileged,
unchartered.
illegitimate,
bastard,
spurious,
supposititious,
false;
usurped.
tortious [Law].
undeserved,
unmerited,
unearned;
unfulfilled.
forfeited,
disfranchised.
improper;
unmeet,
unfit,
unbefitting,
unseemly;
unbecoming,
misbecoming†;
seemless†;
contra bonos mores [Lat.];
not the thing,
out of the question,
not to be thought of;
preposterous,
pretentious,
would-be.
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4 undue
Moby thesaurus: a bit much, abandoned, aberrant, abnormal, abominable, atrocious, boundless, criminal, cutthroat, delinquent, deviant, disgraceful, dizzy, egregious, enormous, evil, exacting, exaggerated, excessive, exorbitant, extortionate, extravagant, extreme, fabulous, fancy, gigantic, gluttonous, gouging, grossly overpriced, hardly the thing, high, hyperbolic, hypertrophied, ignominious, ill-timed, illegal, immoderate, improper, inappropriate, inapt, incontinent, incorrect, indecorous, inept, inequitable, infamous, inflationary, iniquitous, inordinate, intemperate, monstrous, nonmeritorious, not coming, not done, not outstanding, not the thing, off-base, off-color, out of bounds, out of sight, out-of-line, outrageous, overbig, overdeveloped, overgreat, overgrown, overlarge, overmuch, overpriced, overweening, preposterous, prohibitive, sacrilegious, scandalous, shameful, shameless, sinful, skyrocketing, spiraling, steep, stiff, terrible, too much, towering, unapt, unbalanced, unbridled, unconscionable, undeserved, undeserving, unearned, unentitled, unequal, unequitable, uneven, unfit, unfitting, unjust, unjustifiable, unjustified, unlawful, unmeasurable, unmeet, unmerited, unmeriting, unowed, unowing, unreasonable, unrestrained, unrighteous, unrightful, unseasonable, unseemly, unsuitable, untimely, unwarrantable, unwarranted, unworthy, usurious, wicked, wrong, wrongful ... show more.
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