undue

adj.

1. Exceeding what is appropriate or normal; excessive: "I was grateful, without showing undue excitement" (Katherine Mansfield).
2. Not just, proper, or legal: undue use of force.
3. Not yet payable or due: an undue loan.

adjective

Exceeding a normal or reasonable limit: excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, inordinate, overabundant, overmuch. See excess/insufficiency/enough.

adj

Definition: excessive, unnecessary
Antonyms: moderate, reasonable, sensible

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IN BRIEF: Too much.

If a teacher allows an undue amount of noise in the classroom, a good learning environment will not be maintained.

Tutor's tip: Another word that sounds like "undue" which means too much, is "undo" which means to take apart what was done.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - utilstedelig, utilbørlig, overdreven, upassende

idioms:

• undue influence    valgtryk

Nederlands (Dutch)
overdreven, ongepast, niet verschuldigd, (nog) niet vervallen (schuld)

Français (French)
adj. - excessif

idioms:

• undue influence    influence excessive

Deutsch (German)
adj. - übertrieben, übermäßig, unangemessen, unerlaubt

idioms:

• undue influence    ungebührliche Beeinflussung

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αδικαιολόγητος, υπερβολικός, ανάρμοστος, υπέρμετρος

idioms:

• undue influence    (νομ.) ψυχολογική βία

Italiano (Italian)
indebito

idioms:

• undue influence    violenza

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - indébito, excessivo, injusto

idioms:

• undue influence    influência indevida

Русский (Russian)
неподобающий, излишний, несвоевременный, по сроку не подлежащий оплате (о чеке и т.п.)

idioms:

• undue influence    принуждение юридического лица к совершению действий против его воли

Español (Spanish)
adj. - excesivo, indebido, impropio, desmedido

idioms:

• undue influence    influencia excesiva, influencia indebida

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - opassande, olämplig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
不适当的, 未到期的, 过度的

idioms:

• undue influence    不正当压力, 不正当影响

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 不適當的, 未到期的, 過度的

idioms:

• undue influence    不正當壓力, 不正當影響

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 과도한, 부당한, 기한이 되지 않은

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 過度の, 不適当な, 不当な, 不法な

idioms:

• undue influence    不当威圧

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) غير مستحق, غير ملائم, مفرط, لا داعي له‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮יותר מדיי, מופרז, מרחיק לכת, לא הוגן, לא יאה, שלא הגיע זמן פרעונו‬

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