There is no cause for undue alarm.
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Undue
//ʌnˈdjuː//
Synonyms for "undue" (153 found)
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Closest matches (31)
inordinateunjustifieda bit muchabandonedaberrantabnormalabominableatrociousboundlesscriminalcutthroatdelinquentdeviantdisgracefuldizzyegregiousenormousevilexactingexaggerated
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Strong matches (46)
Related words (76)
out of this worldout-of-lineoutrageousoverbigoverdevelopedovergreatovergrownoverlargeovermuchoverpricedoverweeningpreposterousprohibitivesacrilegiousscandalousshamefulshamelesssinfulskyrocketingspiraling
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steepstiffterribletoo muchtoweringunaptunbalancedunbecomingunbefittingunbridleduncomelyunconscionableundeservedundeservingunearnedunentitledunequalunequitableunevenunfitunfittingunjustunjustifiableunlawfulunmeasurableunmeetunmeritedunmeritingunowedunowingunreasonableunrestrainedunrighteousunrightfulunseasonableunseemlyunsuitableuntimelyunwarrantableunwarrantedunworthyusuriouswickedwrongwrongful
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2 entriesTranslations
33 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- прекален adj (Excessive; going beyond that what is natural or sufficient)
- прекомерен adj (Excessive; going beyond that what is natural or sufficient)
Catalan
4 entries- desproporcionat adj (Excessive; going beyond that what is natural or sufficient)
- indegut adj (Excessive; going beyond that what is natural or sufficient)
- indegut adj (That which ought not to be done; illegal; unjustified)
- indegut adj (Not owing or payable)
Czech
4 entries- ilegální adj (That which ought not to be done; illegal; unjustified)
- ne dosud splatný adj (Not owing or payable)
- neoprávněný adj (That which ought not to be done; illegal; unjustified)
- nesplatný adj (Not owing or payable)
Finnish
1 entries- yletön adj (Excessive; going beyond that what is natural or sufficient)
French
2 entries- indu adj (That which ought not to be done; illegal; unjustified)
- indu adj (Not owing or payable)
Georgian
4 entries- გადაჭარბებული adj (Excessive; going beyond that what is natural or sufficient)
- გაუმართლებელი adj (That which ought not to be done; illegal; unjustified)
- დაუშვებელი adj (That which ought not to be done; illegal; unjustified)
- ზედმეტი adj (Excessive; going beyond that what is natural or sufficient)
German
2 entries- unangemessen adj (That which ought not to be done; illegal; unjustified)
- übertrieben adj (Excessive; going beyond that what is natural or sufficient)
Hungarian
1 entries- túlzott adj (Excessive; going beyond that what is natural or sufficient)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- prekomerno adj (Excessive; going beyond that what is natural or sufficient)
- prekomjerno adj (Excessive; going beyond that what is natural or sufficient)
Spanish
4 entries- desproporcionado adj (Excessive; going beyond that what is natural or sufficient)
- indebido adj (Not owing or payable)
- injustificado adj (That which ought not to be done; illegal; unjustified)
- no debido adj (Not owing or payable)
Ukrainian
1 entries- надмірний adj (Excessive; going beyond that what is natural or sufficient)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
Jealousy is the undue concern about the preservation of that which can only be lost if not worth keeping.
Source: tatoeba (5333487)
"O by the gods, who know the just and true, / by faith unstained – if any such there be –, / with mercy deign such miseries to view; / pity a soul that toils with evils all undue."
Source: tatoeba (6813489)
Borrower Kevin J. Rosenberg, 46, of Beacon, N.Y., asked the court to forgive his student debt because repaying the loans was impossible and created an undue hardship, the legal test of whether a debtor should be forgiven.
Source: tatoeba (8485571)
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