How to Use undue in a Sentence

undue

adjective
  • These requirements shouldn't cause you any undue hardship.
  • His writing is elegant without calling undue attention to itself.
  • The Texas process wasn’t helped by its undue rush at the end.
    The Editors, National Review, 9 June 2021
  • This leads to undue stress and a focus on speed over service.
    Doyinsola Oladipo and Mrinmay Dey, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2024
  • Chubb, who rushed for 87 yards and the three TDs, has been taking undue heat for scoring the TD and failing to seal the victory.
    Mary Kay Cabot, cleveland, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Health officials in each state said there was no cause for undue alarm.
    Michelle L. Price, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Dec. 2021
  • And because of that leak now, there is undue pressure on our justices.
    Mark Murray, NBC News, 5 May 2022
  • The plant is one of many that activists argue puts undue health risks on Black communities in the area.
    Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, 28 Feb. 2023
  • High-impact sports, such as hockey and football, can lead to undue stress on the joints and increase the risk of chronic knee pain.
    Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 28 July 2024
  • That way, new construction doesn’t mean an undue new flood risk.
    Amanda Shendruk, Quartz, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Does the law place an undue burden on those seeking abortions?
    Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 29 Sep. 2021
  • That would cause undue pain because high rates slow the economy.
    Stan Choe, Fortune, 7 Mar. 2024
  • What counts as an undue hardship will depend on the resources of the employer.
    Tom Spiggle, Forbes, 13 Sep. 2021
  • If so, your call-in time frames might be causing undue frustration.
    Jon Stojan, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Coulibaly, a 41-year-old Black man, said he was subjected to numerous undue ID checks starting at the age of 14.
    Elaine Ganley, ajc, 22 July 2021
  • Ramesh denied, though, that the R.S.S. wields any undue influence over the government.
    Samanth Subramanian, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2022
  • This would help shift the composition of Africa’s exports to the rest of the world away from undue dependence on raw commodities.
    Harry G. Broadman, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Those who believe the shirtsleeves prophecy may be led to distrust their children and place undue restrictions on their use of the wealth.
    Dennis Jaffe, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Hitting a big bump at speed proved the truck can fly and—more importantly—land without undue drama.
    Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 19 Nov. 2022
  • Erring toward optimism and away from undue alarm is what landed us here.
    James Hamblin, The Atlantic, 11 Mar. 2021
  • In the 1980s, for instance, a federal court ruled that the church’s pastor at the time used undue influence to obtain millions of dollars from a donor.
    Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com, 18 Mar. 2021
  • His sister screamed that her brother had autism, but that did not stop the deputy from exercising undue force anyway.
    Amanda Joy Calhoun, STAT, 4 May 2022
  • When the economy and things are going well, the president gets undue credit.
    ABC News, 13 Feb. 2022
  • Again, this adds to the undue pressure on birthing parents to chestfeed exclusively.
    Allison Tsai, SELF, 23 June 2022
  • For people struggling to make ends meet, the cost of pads and tampons can be an additional undue burden.
    Laken Brooks, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2021
  • Some real estate groups and park owners argue the bill places an undue burden on landlords.
    Claire Rush, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2023
  • The movie ultimately suggests that the undue speed of the ship was a factor in its fatal collision with an iceberg.
    Alex Traub, New York Times, 5 May 2024
  • With little precedent for judges to look to, Mr. Trump has received what some experts view as undue special treatment.
    Henry Gass, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Sep. 2024
  • But staying inside can put undue strain on the country’s energy grid.
    Washington Post, 9 May 2022
  • The year is 1955, an era when a merry mushroom cloud can billow upward, in the background, signalling the test of an atomic bomb, without causing undue alarm.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 June 2023

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