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Definitions for unduly
ʌnˈdu li, -ˈdyu-un·du·ly

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. undulyadverb

    to an undue degree

    "she was unduly pessimistic about her future"

Wiktionary

  1. undulyadverb

    Undeservedly, not warranted.

    The speaker unduly criticized his opponent and later apologized for this.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Undulyadverb

    Not properly; not according to duty.

    Men unduely exercise their zeal against persons; not only against evil persons, but against those that are the most venerable. Thomas Sprat, Sermons.

ChatGPT

  1. unduly

    Unduly is an adverb that means excessively, overly, inappropriately, unnecessarily, or unjustifiably. It is usually used to describe something that is more than is reasonable, suitable, or proper in the situation.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Undulyadverb

    in an undue manner

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Unduly

    un-dū′li, adv. not according to duty or propriety: improperly.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of unduly in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of unduly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of unduly in a Sentence

  1. Iraq CentCom:

    Further, the multisource nature of our assessment process purposely guards against any single report or opinion unduly influencing leaders and decision-makers.

  2. Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger:

    Proud BoysAs Rosenbaum can't argue self-defense against things Proud BoysAs Rosenbaum's not aware of, these other acts are strictly designed to attack the reputation of these individuals, it's designed to paint them in the worst possible light to prejudice them. Two of them can't defend themselves... because the defendant killed them. And it's unduly prejudicial to the jury to be told about any of those things.

  3. Peter Dutton:

    We have a very important trading relationship with China – incredibly important, but we are not going to allow university students to be unduly influenced, we are not going to allow theft of intellectual property, and we are not going to allow our government bodies or non-government bodies to be hacked into.

  4. Finance Minister Joe Oliver:

    The Canadian economy is in pretty good shape despite this (fall in oil prices), we shouldn't be unduly pessimistic. Canada is doing well, we've created 1.2 million jobs, we're doing better than most other countries and Canadians should be reassured by that.

  5. Mark Takano:

    This resolution really would present an unduly burdensome and pointless paperwork exercise for VA and will ultimately reveal nothing that is not already known about VA’s wait time calculations.

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