How to Use unduly in a Sentence
unduly
adverb- The punishment was unduly harsh.
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The harms of these moves were unduly foisted upon the poor and the Black.
— Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2020 -
More time than that, Chris tells me, could unduly stress the shark.
— Elisabeth Von Thurn Und Taxis, Vogue, 17 Nov. 2016 -
There are buttons near the rear of the boot / trunk to drop the seats forward without need to reach unduly or open the passenger doors.
— James Morris, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021 -
And locals will say that in a grudging way, so as not to unduly raise people's hopes.
— Lawrence Specker, AL.com, 22 May 2017 -
England will not be unduly worried by a few bad days at the office.
— Tim Ellis, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024 -
Put simply, the school district dumped Thom Holdgate — unduly, some say — but didn’t know what to do without him.
— BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2021 -
Nez also said that the bill would unduly restrict the ability of the tribal government to make best use of the funds.
— Debra Utacia Krol, azcentral, 9 May 2020 -
Courage also worried that putting that aspect of the program in the council’s hands would unduly politicize the shape of the program.
— Joshua Fechter, ExpressNews.com, 18 Dec. 2020 -
Still, the assumption that the public was wise to the tricks of the trade always sounded unduly optimistic.
— Brian Lowry, CNN, 7 Oct. 2020 -
The Field 75 won’t unduly annoy colleagues when used in an open office.
— Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 16 July 2023 -
That oversight is meant to prevent unduly low payments to health care providers and steep bills for patients.
— Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Mar. 2023 -
Still, few seemed unduly confident about any single horse in the race.
— Tim Balk, SI.com, 11 June 2017 -
On the other hand, aid can be used to coerce journalists to change their norms and practices unduly.
— Herman Wasserman, Quartz Africa, 9 July 2019 -
Some of my co-workers suspect I am unduly influenced by the fact that Lambert is cute, blond and curvy.
— Steve Chapman, chicagotribune.com, 14 June 2019 -
That the quality of news is good and not unduly influenced.
— Eric Johnson, Recode, 2 Nov. 2018 -
That way, it won’t be unduly buffeted around by the performance of a few volatile holdings.
— Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2020 -
Lawson unduly spent the ’90s getting pushed aside to make space for white characters (Buffy!
— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Jan. 2021 -
The court also found that the map unduly split several counties.
— Ethan Cohen, CNN, 14 Jan. 2022 -
Nania’s driving force is not to be unduly influenced by the result of each play.
— Manish Mehta, courant.com, 9 Sep. 2020 -
There are no claims anyone has been unduly swayed by the Luttig connections.
— Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2019 -
There is also concern that small rural towns — where most large solar winds up — will be unduly hurt.
— Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 23 Apr. 2024 -
And a suspicion that Mr Pompeo is unduly keen to stay tight with the president suggests only Mr Bolton might be up to it.
— The Economist, 31 May 2018 -
Such preparatory work shouldn't unduly alarm the public, Johnson stressed; the odds that a big asteroid will strike Earth are very low on a day-to-day basis.
— Mike Wall, Space.com, 10 Apr. 2018 -
That process can make the reports more vulnerable to being used to paint an unduly rosy picture.
— Jean Eaglesham, WSJ, 27 Aug. 2022 -
Quinones stressed that the county intends to give vendors a shot at the contract, and wants to avoid unduly favoring one company over the other.
— Jasper Scherer, San Antonio Express-News, 8 June 2018 -
Hickey doesn’t seem unduly disturbed by the lack of awards attention.
— Brent Lang, Variety, 30 June 2022 -
The daughter sued to have the will set aside, complaining that her mother had been unduly influenced by the false valentine rumor.
— Dallas News, 14 Feb. 2021 -
That would be a bigger issue on a large external display, but didn’t unduly bother us on a 13-inch screen.
— Wired, 9 Aug. 2022 -
There are plenty of talented players who might fancy a year or two in the U.S. if they are not unduly tied down by transfer regulations.
— Stefan Szymanski, The Conversation, 8 Oct. 2024
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