different between undue vs immoderate

English

Etymology

From un- +? due

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?dju?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?du?/, /?n?dju?/
• Rhymes: -u?
• Homophone: undo (with yod dropping)

Adjective

undue (comparative more undue, superlative most undue)

1. Excessive; going beyond that what is natural or sufficient.

   To individuals who despise killings in any form, death penalty is undue punishment.

   • 2016 January 17, "Wealthy cabals run America," Al Jazeera America (retrieved 18 January 2016):

     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. That which ought not to be done; illegal; unjustified.
3. (of a payment etc) Not owing or payable.

Derived terms

Translations

English

Etymology

From im- +? moderate.

Adjective

immoderate (comparative more immoderate, superlative most immoderate)

1. Not moderate; excessive.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:excessive

Translations

Latin

Adjective

immoder?te

1. vocative masculine singular of immoder?tus

References

• immoderate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• immoderate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• immoderate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette