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Necessary vs Undue - What's the difference?

necessary | undue |

As adjectives the difference between necessary and undue

is that necessary is needed, required while undue is excessive; going beyond that what is natural or sufficient.

As a noun necessary

is (archaic|british) bathroom, toilet, loo.

necessary

English

(wikipedia necessary)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • needed, required
  • * Shakespeare
    • 'Tis necessary he should die.
  • * Tillotson
    • A certain kind of temper is necessary to the pleasure and quiet of our minds.
  • Such as must be; not to be avoided; inevitable.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Death, a necessary end, / Will come when it will come.
  • Acting from necessity or compulsion; involuntary.
    • Whether man is a necessary or a free agent is a question much discussed.

    Synonyms

    * (needed) See also * (such as must be) inevitable, natural

    Antonyms

    * (needed) unnecessary * (such as must be) evitable, incidental, impossible

    Derived terms

    * necessarily * necessary condition

    Related terms

    * necessariness * necessitate * necessitation * necessitousness * necessitude * necessity

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    Noun

    (necessaries)
  • (archaic, British) bathroom, toilet, loo

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    undue

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Excessive; going beyond that what is natural or sufficient.
    • To individuals who despise killings in any form, death penalty is undue punishment.
  • That which ought not to be done; illegal; unjustified.
  • (of a payment etc) Not owing or payable.

    • Derived terms

    * undueful * undue influence * undueness * unduly