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un-DYOO/ˌʌnˈdjuː/

Undue means more than is reasonable, legal, or necessary: undue delay, undue influence. Excessive is the close twin; due sits opposite. Midnight is a clock, not a mood of haste.

Meaning

More than is reasonable, legal, or necessary.

Examples

• “Undue haste before midnight is still an embargo breach.”
• “Excessive is the close twin. Unwarranted is a cousin. Haste is a feeling of speed. A timestamp is the rule. Wait for the lift; then publish.”

Good to know

Excessive; more than is reasonable. Close: excessive. Haste ≠ a lifted embargo.

Near in meaning

excessive

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