undue
undue is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 38 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Not right; not lawful or legal; improper; as, an undue proceeding. Bacon.
- 2.Not agreeable to a rule or standard, or to duty; disproportioned; excessive; immoderate; inordinate; as, an undue attachment to forms; an undue rigor in the execution of law. Undue influence (Law), any improper or wrongful constraint, machination, or urgency of persuasion, by which one's will is overcome and he is induced to do or forbear an act which he would not do, or would do, if left to act freely. Abbott.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- away
- big
- calm
- convenience
- deliberate
- deliberately
- ease
- end
- hanging
- haste
- have
- heavy
- holiday
- hour
- hours
- hurry
- idle
- inaction
- leisure
- leisurely
- loose
- man
- master
- move
- quiet
- relaxation
- repose
- rest
- rush
- slow
- slowly
- spare
- take
- the
- time
- vacant
- while
- without
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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