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undue

adj
/ʌnˈdjuː/UK/ʌnˈduː/US

Etymology

From un- + due.

  1. derived from dēbeō — “to owe”
  2. derived from deu
  3. derived from dewe
  4. prefixed as undue — “un + due”

Definitions

  1. Excessive

    Excessive; going beyond that what is natural or sufficient.

    • To individuals who despise killings in any form, death penalty is undue punishment.
    • But even if they don’t announce themselves on the cover of the Times business section, groups of millionaires exercise undue influence on every aspect of American life every day.

  2. Which ought not to be done

    Which ought not to be done; illegal; unjustified.

  3. Not owing or payable.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at undue. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at undue. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at undue

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA