Definition of undue

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Undue (a.) 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..

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Arrogative :: Arrogative (a.) Making undue claims and pretension; prone to arrogance.
Candid :: Candid (a.) Free from undue bias; disposed to think and judge according to truth and justice, or without partiality or prejudice; fair; just; impartial; as, a candid opinion..
Profanation :: Profanation (v. t.) The act of treating with abuse or disrespect, or with undue publicity, or lack of delicacy..
Solarize :: Solarize (v. i.) To become injured by undue or too long exposure to the sun's rays in the camera.
Nepotism :: Nepotism (n.) Undue attachment to relations; favoritism shown to members of one's family; bestowal of patronage in consideration of relationship, rather than of merit or of legal claim..
Arrogate :: Arrogate (v. t.) To assume, or claim as one's own, unduly, proudly, or presumptuously; to make undue claims to, from vanity or baseless pretensions to right or merit; as, the pope arrogated dominion over kings..
Melanism :: Melanism (n.) An undue development of dark-colored pigment in the skin or its appendages; -- the opposite of albinism.
Profane :: Profane (a.) Treating sacred things with contempt, disrespect, irreverence, or undue familiarity; irreverent; impious..
Emancipate :: Emancipate (v. t.) To free from any controlling influence, especially from anything which exerts undue or evil influence; as, to emancipate one from prejudices or error..
Arrogantly :: Arrogantly (adv.) In an arrogant manner; with undue pride or self-importance.
Extortion :: Extortion (n.) The act of extorting; the act or practice of wresting anything from a person by force, by threats, or by any undue exercise of power; undue exaction; overcharge..
Undueness :: Undueness (n.) The quality of being undue.
Materialism :: Materialism (n.) The tendency to give undue importance to material interests; devotion to the material nature and its wants.
Worry :: Worry (n.) A state of undue solicitude; a state of disturbance from care and anxiety; vexation; anxiety; fret; as, to be in a worry..
Engross :: Engross (v. t.) To purchase either the whole or large quantities of, for the purpose of enhancing the price and making a profit; hence, to take or assume in undue quantity, proportion, or degree; as, to engross commodities in market; to engross power..
Undue :: Undue (a.) Not right; not lawful or legal; improper; as, an undue proceeding..
Wiseacre :: Wiseacre (v.) One who makes undue pretensions to wisdom; a would-be-wise person; hence, in contempt, a simpleton; a dunce..
Chatter :: Chatter (v. i.) To talk idly, carelessly, or with undue rapidity; to jabber; to prate..
Charlatanry :: Charlatanry (n.) Undue pretensions to skill; quackery; wheedling; empiricism.
Partially :: Partially (adv.) In a partial manner; with undue bias of mind; with unjust favor or dislike; as, to judge partially..
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