Unwarranted or inappropriate because excessive or disproportionate.
‘this figure did not give rise to undue concern’
‘It was characterised by an excessive and even undue respect for authority and authoritarianism.’
‘Cllr Joe Dunne said he was concerned at what appears ‘to be an undue delay’ in putting the scheme in place.’
‘Anyone who continues to look at the new environment from an outdated perspective will become embroiled in excessive and undue worries.’
‘Society as a whole has placed undue and excessive trust in the ability of political measures to solve the problems of the Aborigines.’
‘They impose excess burdens through undue discouragement of such investment.’
‘Where there is abundance of food, excessive eating and undue weight gain are not uncommon, although there is in fact a normal physiological tendency to lay down more fat stores in the earlier months.’
‘It also gives grounds for caution at the possibility of undue government interference or excessive bureaucratization.’
‘There are numerous complaints about the undue delays there are in planning at the moment.’
‘They did not anticipate any undue delay in meeting the council's request and expected that the council's deliberations would be concluded soon after the provision of the information.’
‘Voluntary organisations such as Civil Defence also need call-out plans to bring personnel in from their everyday activities in an effective manner and without undue delay.’
‘Overpopulation and rampant species loss are ‘unfounded or undue concerns.’’
‘‘The minister said that he was anxious to deal with the proposed legislation and was not in favour of undue delay,’ said Mr Walsh.’
‘This follows a landmark European Court ruling that governments must now pay for their citizens' medical treatment abroad if there is undue delay providing it at home.’
‘When we finally started to make inroads and become popular, there was so much, at least as far as the band was concerned, undue attention being paid to my stuff.’
‘He also called for cancer services in Ireland to be put ‘on a par with the rest of Europe and the world without any undue delay.’’
‘Although I was particularly careful not to name any person, I regret any distress or undue concern that might have been caused to any person.’
‘Meaney suggested that the Board examine the possibility of buying services from the private sector in cases where there was undue delay.’
‘Given the type of congestion we have experienced, undue delay in providing the roads needed would be a recipe for a real nightmare scenario.’
‘And that's appropriate because the threat is an urgent one, and we need to act without undue delay.’
‘Serious problems usually result from undue delay in seeing a doctor.’