Un-dūe', a.

adjective

a. 1. Not due; not yet owing; as, a debt, note, or bond, undue.

Sense 2. Not right; not legal; improper; as, an undue proceeding. Bacon.

Sense 3. Not agreeable to a rule or standard, or to duty; disproportioned; excessive; immoderate; inordinate; as, an undue regard to the externals of religion; an undue attachment to forms; an undue rigor in the execution of law.