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Undue ˌʌn'duː Adj.过度的;过分的 Miser Importance Making Saving Money

Front undue
Pron [ˌʌn'duː]
Back 【undue】
adj.过度的;过分的
A miser gives undue importance to making and saving money.
守财奴过度看重赚钱和存钱。
Vocab
unduenot appropriate or proper (or even legal) in the circumstances

When something isn't appropriate or justified, you can describe it as undue. For example, an undue delay in a hospital waiting room can be dangerous for someone with a bad injury.

Something that's undue isn't warranted or, often, fair. The phrase "undue delay" is a common one, and it means that someone has to wait way too long for something, whether it's a building permit or a dentist appointment. The adjective has come to mean "excessive," from its original definition in the fourteenth century as literally "not owing" or "not payable."

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