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unduly
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uhn-
doo
-lee
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dyoo
-
]
Example Sentences
un·du·ly
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li
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adverb
1.
excessively:
unduly worried.
2.
in an inappropriate, unjustifiable, or improper manner:
unduly critical.
Origin:
1350–1400;
Middle English
undewely.
See
undue
,
-ly
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Western governments which bankroll it do not seem
unduly
worried.
Cameras might make witnesses cagey, or
unduly
humiliate defendants.
But to say there is no link to crime more generally looks
unduly
optimistic.
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Western governments which bankroll it do not seem
unduly
worried.
Cameras might make witnesses cagey, or
unduly
humiliate defendants.
But to say there is no link to crime more generally looks
unduly
optimistic.
And they do not think of themselves as put upon or
unduly
burdened.
It is a nuisance to the public that
unduly
enriches a few people.
The approach is at once
unduly
harsh and absurdly lenient.
On the one hand, it needs to ward off an
unduly
deep downturn in growth.
Thus they were not
unduly
frightened by my presence, and observations were extremely profitable.
But they are and management is being
unduly
compensated for them.
But maintenance and update were becoming
unduly
costly.
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World English Dictionary
unduly
(ʌnˈdjuːlɪ)
—
adv
1.
immoderately; excessively
2.
in contradiction of moral or legal standards
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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