undueadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ʌnˈdʒuː/us/ʌnˈduː/formalC2 to a level that is more than is necessary, acceptable, or reasonable:
Such a high increase will impose an undue burden on the local tax payer.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Too much and unnecessary
- a sledgehammer to crack a nut idiom
- avalanche
- be up to your neck (in sth) idiom
- bellyful
- binge
- carry/take coals to Newcastle idiom
- hyper
- immoderate
- inessential
- insatiable
- lousy
- play gooseberry idiom
- plenty
- plethora
- proliferate
- redundancy
- sock
- supplementary
- surplus
- weigh
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unduly
adverb uk/ʌnˈdʒuː.li/us/ʌnˈduː.li/
There's no need to be unduly pessimistic about the situation.