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
• And when Jill comes home with him for the holidays, the Tozers breathe an undue sigh of relief.
  — Judy Berman, Time, 18 Feb. 2021
• 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
• The current requirement does not place an undue burden on the right to self defense.
  — J.d. Davidson, Washington Examiner, 23 Dec. 2020
• 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
• Throughout her winter rest, the bear scratches and shapes a chimney, which allows fresh air in without undue heat loss.
  — Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Dec. 2020
• 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
• The affair proceeded as planned, and without undue odor.
  — Penelope Green, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2020
• 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
• His wife, Kim Keon-hee, appeared to exercise undue control over the executive office, and was credibly accused of graft, bribery, and election interference.
  — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2024
• Writer David Wolman tells a story that in many ways mirrors that of the Titanic: a giant gleaming steamship full of illustrious passengers, concerns over its safety drowned out by media buzz and undue faith in its engineering.
  — Chris Wheatley, Longreads, 3 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 24 Dec 2024