Undue vs Egregious - What's the difference?
undue | egregious |
Excessive; going beyond that what is natural or sufficient.
That which ought not to be done; illegal; unjustified.
(of a payment etc) Not owing or payable.
Exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.
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Outrageously bad; shocking.
As adjectives the difference between undue and egregious
is that undue is excessive; going beyond that what is natural or sufficient while egregious is exceptional, conspicuous, outstanding, most usually in a negative fashion.undue
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Adjective
(en adjective)- To individuals who despise killings in any form, death penalty is undue punishment.
Derived terms
* undueful * undue influence * undueness * undulyegregious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- The student has made egregious errors on the examination.
- I cannot cross my arms, or sigh "Ah me," / "Ah me forlorn!" egregious foppery! / I cannot buss thy fill, play with thy hair, / Swearing by Jove, "Thou art most debonnaire!"
- My lord, you give me most egregious indignity.
- When the goal is simply to be as faithful as possible to the material—as if a movie were a marriage, and a rights contract the vow—the best result is a skillful abridgment, one that hits all the important marks without losing anything egregious .