as in overly
beyond a normal or acceptable limit
unduly upset by the slight delay of our departure
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These jurists had earned the ire of people like Ms. Kelly by repeatedly rejecting arguments that the defendants could not get fair trials in liberal Washington or had been unduly prosecuted for their pro-Trump politics.
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Dan Barry, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
Ahead of the election, the Biden administration warned that multiple countries, including Russia, Iran and China, were trying to unduly influence U.S. elections.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2024
Forest goalkeeper Matz Sels was not unduly stretched in the second half.
—Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
The speculation here is that to delay every single response by GPT while it’s being double-checked for safety could unduly slow it down, when most questions and answers are totally anodyne.
—Jonathan L. Zittrain, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
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Dan Barry, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2025
Ahead of the election, the Biden administration warned that multiple countries, including Russia, Iran and China, were trying to unduly influence U.S. elections.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2024
Forest goalkeeper Matz Sels was not unduly stretched in the second half.
—Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 27 Dec. 2024
The speculation here is that to delay every single response by GPT while it’s being double-checked for safety could unduly slow it down, when most questions and answers are totally anodyne.
—Jonathan L. Zittrain, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Unduly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unduly. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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