Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb Excessively; immoderately.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an undue manner or degree; wrongly; improperly; excessively; inordinately.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In an undue manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb
Undeservedly , notwarranted .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb to an undue degree
Etymologies
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Examples
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Drawing attention to what he called unduly stringent time regulations and unstructured or inconclusive meetings, Ledger said not all interested parties had been given a chance to comment on the plan.
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Rest assured, by the way, that any comments you may post here that indulge in unduly coarse language will be deleted.
Mark this on your calendar ... Frank Wilson 2006
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A widespread sense prevailed that de Man's thinking posed, in unduly formalist fashion, the literary text against or outside of history rather than embedded in it.
History against Historicism, Formal Matters, and the Event of the Text: De Man with Benjamin 2005
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And although Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton yesterday blamed regulatory issues for the collapse of the deal, insiders have suggested that further improvements in the economic climate - and in Rio's financial position - since the scheme was proposed left Rio management feeling the terms unduly favoured BHP.
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(d) to otherwise restrain or injure competition unduly, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to a fine not exceeding ten million dollars or to both
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(d) to otherwise restrain or injure competition unduly, is guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to a fine not exceeding ten million dollars or to both
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I don’t want them to sag, or to look funny, or to deviate unduly from the breasts of those women whom I find attractive.
what’s between an old lady’s tits? « Love | Peace | Ohana 2007
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Now customers are in a new stage of recovery for the rest, slogging through what some describe as an unduly arduous claims process.
MF Global Customers Wrapped in Red Tape Dan Strumpf 2012
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"Ah!" exclaimed the Postilion with a slow nod, and drawing out the word unduly, "and talking o 'sheets and beds -- what about my second passenger?
The Broad Highway Jeffery Farnol 1915
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Of course, Doctor, if you find the word miracle unduly sectarian, we can substitute success.
When the Bough Breaks Jonathan Kellerman 1985
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