What does the word undue mean?

Usage examples for undue

  1. They were flanked on the other side by Mrs and Mr Ferguson, who thus separated them from any undue collision with the gentlemen passengers or officers of the ship. – Newton Forster by Frederick Marryat
  2. He took down the receiver with no undue haste and answered the call gruffly, but his bored expression changed rapidly as he listened. – The Shadow of the East by E. M. Hull
  3. Under any circumstances this tendency to produce an undue amount of wood must be repressed almost as rigorously as in the grape- vine. – The Home Acre by E. P. Roe
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