as in overly
beyond a normal or acceptable limit
unduly upset by the slight delay of our departure
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First, the rules under which community associations operate emphasize the protections of the residents’ rights, while not unduly impairing the ability of the association to carry out their responsibilities to the community as a whole.
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Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2025
Otherwise local and state politics might unduly influence their research agendas.
—Trysh Travis / Made By History, TIME, 25 Feb. 2025
Voting rights advocates say that process is already unduly burdensome.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 26 Jan. 2025
But Gensler’s efforts were serially frustrated by court challenges, and the major Wall Street banks, despite their increasing concentration and ever-mounting exposure to risky derivatives, did not suffer unduly under the Biden regime.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
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Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2025
Otherwise local and state politics might unduly influence their research agendas.
—Trysh Travis / Made By History, TIME, 25 Feb. 2025
Voting rights advocates say that process is already unduly burdensome.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 26 Jan. 2025
But Gensler’s efforts were serially frustrated by court challenges, and the major Wall Street banks, despite their increasing concentration and ever-mounting exposure to risky derivatives, did not suffer unduly under the Biden regime.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Unduly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unduly. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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