as in overly
beyond a normal or acceptable limit
unduly upset by the slight delay of our departure
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Recent Examples of unduly
Leadership opinion, as opposed to stakeholder insight, can also unduly influence branding for a new enterprise or program.
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Lynn Godfrey, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The hearing officer listened to the statement and reviewed other evidence before concluding that Hakim was not responsible for unduly disrupting the Honors Convocation.
—John Wisely, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2025
District 97 refused to provide copies of emails sent by and to Shah in her final three days on the job in response to a public records request, saying that the request was unduly burdensome.
—Bob Skolnik, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
The trial court ruling concluded that the association did not provide any evidence or proof that the requests were overly burdensome or unduly taxed its resources, and found the association’s rule to be unreasonable and unenforceable.
—Laura Manning-Hudson, Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
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Lynn Godfrey, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The hearing officer listened to the statement and reviewed other evidence before concluding that Hakim was not responsible for unduly disrupting the Honors Convocation.
—John Wisely, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2025
District 97 refused to provide copies of emails sent by and to Shah in her final three days on the job in response to a public records request, saying that the request was unduly burdensome.
—Bob Skolnik, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025
The trial court ruling concluded that the association did not provide any evidence or proof that the requests were overly burdensome or unduly taxed its resources, and found the association’s rule to be unreasonable and unenforceable.
—Laura Manning-Hudson, Miami Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unduly
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Trying to use last minute overirrigation to make up for a season of neglect — well, that’s not a recipe for anything overly spectacular.—
Paul Cappiello,
Louisville Courier Journal,
3 Oct. 2025
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Freeport-McMoRan — The copper and gold miner gained more than 1% after UBS upgraded Freeport to buy from neutral, saying it has been overly punished after declaring force majeure at its Grasberg mine in Indonesia following a deadly collapse.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
3 Oct. 2025
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He was carried off the field that day, too.—
Scott Dochterman,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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The new premier, a veteran lawmaker seen as Abe’s protégé, is well positioned to regain the support of rightwing voters who feel the LDP had become too moderate, especially on immigration.—
Jeff Kingston,
Time,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Unduly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unduly. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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