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Synonyms for undue
Synonyms for undue: excessive and unwarranted. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 2 synonyms for undue
- excessiveadjective, in the sense "beyond normal limits"
- unwarrantedadjective, in the sense "lacking justification or authorization"
Each of these belongs to a different sense of undue, which is why the meaning beside them changes down the list.
beyond normal limits
His dress stops just short of undue elegance.
The true synonym
excessive
Same sentence, swapped: His dress stops just short of excessive elegance.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot undue is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- unjustified
- abominable
- uneven
lacking justification or authorization
Desire for undue private profit.
The true synonym
unwarranted
Same sentence, swapped: Desire for unwarranted private profit.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles for this sense. Each is a real word, and none of them can stand where undue stands in the sentence above.
- abominable
- overgrown
- uneven
Where undue turns up in the game
undue is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It is never used as a wrong tile elsewhere in the bank, so every board it appears on is a board it can win.
Play undue
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so undue reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. undue carries 1 written reason line, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.