undue

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

adjective

1. not yet payable (Freq. 2)
- an undue loan
• Ant:
due
2. not appropriate or proper (or even legal) in the circumstances (Freq. 1)
- undue influence
- I didn't want to show undue excitement
- accused of using undue force
• Ant:
due
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
3. lacking justification or authorization
- desire for undue private profit
- unwarranted limitations of personal freedom
• Syn:
unjustified, unwarranted
• Similar to:
unreasonable
4. beyond normal limits
- excessive charges
- a book of inordinate length
- his dress stops just short of undue elegance
- unreasonable demands
• Syn:
excessive, inordinate, unreasonable
• Similar to:
immoderate
• Derivationally related forms:
inordinateness (for: inordinate), exceed (for: excessive), excessiveness (for: excessive)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  excessive, inordinate, unreasonable, unjustified, unwarranted