unduly
Americanadverb
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excessively.
unduly worried.
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in an inappropriate, unjustifiable, or improper manner.
unduly critical.
adverb
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immoderately; excessively
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in contradiction of moral or legal standards
Etymology
Origin of unduly
First recorded in 1350–1400, unduly is from the Middle English word undewely. See undue, -ly
Example Sentences
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Someone with $25 million, or $1 billion, has no particular reason to worry unduly about daily fluctuations in the stock market, or to panic.
From MarketWatch
You can see where this last factor, leverage, might unduly flatter the ROE of overborrowers.
From Barron's
You can see where this last factor, leverage, might unduly flatter the ROE of overborrowers.
From Barron's
One of the most important ways to do that is to loosen the anachronistic barriers that unduly inhibit bank innovation, especially when it comes to technological transformations like stablecoins.
From Barron's
More curiously, even though U.S. high-yield spreads are at post-1998 lows, few investors seemed to be unduly perturbed here.
From MarketWatch
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