as in overly
beyond a normal or acceptable limit
unduly upset by the slight delay of our departure
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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.
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Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
In the subsequent Curbed article, former employees described Sachs’ studio as hostile and unduly strict, and its leader as prone to using offensive language, as well as other eyebrow-raising practices that seemingly drew from his artistic preoccupation with political oppression.
—Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 18 Feb. 2025
No physician wants to unduly attract the agency’s attention.
—Moises Velasquez-Manoff Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Zak Mouton, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
Dozens of other volunteers appear to have been unduly influenced, another violation.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2025
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Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
In the subsequent Curbed article, former employees described Sachs’ studio as hostile and unduly strict, and its leader as prone to using offensive language, as well as other eyebrow-raising practices that seemingly drew from his artistic preoccupation with political oppression.
—Angelica Villa, ARTnews.com, 18 Feb. 2025
No physician wants to unduly attract the agency’s attention.
—Moises Velasquez-Manoff Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Zak Mouton, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2025
Dozens of other volunteers appear to have been unduly influenced, another violation.
—Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 29 Jan. 2025
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“Unduly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unduly. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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