undue
/ʌnˈduː/ adjective C1- Excessive; going beyond that what is natural or sufficient. · To individuals who despise killings in any form, death penalty is undue punishment.
- Which ought not to be done; illegal; unjustified.
- Not owing or payable.
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Pray put no construction on my words I do not mean they should convey, and give them no undue weight.”
Oh, no, sir; from my childhood I have seen too much, and understood too much, of what has passed around me, for misfortune to have an undue power over me.
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