How to Use unduly in a Sentence

unduly

adverb
  • The punishment was unduly harsh.
  • More time than that, Chris tells me, could unduly stress the shark.
    — Elisabeth Von Thurn Und Taxis, Vogue, 17 Nov. 2016
  • England will not be unduly worried by a few bad days at the office.
    — Tim Ellis, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
  • The harms of these moves were unduly foisted upon the poor and the Black.
    — Ed Yong, The Atlantic, 3 Aug. 2020
  • And locals will say that in a grudging way, so as not to unduly raise people's hopes.
    — Lawrence Specker, AL.com, 22 May 2017
  • Still, few seemed unduly confident about any single horse in the race.
    — Tim Balk, SI.com, 11 June 2017
  • When one of us is unduly harmed, we are all inevitably diminished.
    — Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 10 Apr. 2026
  • That oversight is meant to prevent unduly low payments to health care providers and steep bills for patients.
    — Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Mar. 2023
  • There is also concern that small rural towns — where most large solar winds up — will be unduly hurt.
    — Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 23 Apr. 2024
  • The court also found that the map unduly split several counties.
    — Ethan Cohen, CNN, 14 Jan. 2022
  • On the other hand, aid can be used to coerce journalists to change their norms and practices unduly.
    — Herman Wasserman, Quartz Africa, 9 July 2019
  • Nania’s driving force is not to be unduly influenced by the result of each play.
    — Manish Mehta, courant.com, 9 Sep. 2020
  • Hickey doesn’t seem unduly disturbed by the lack of awards attention.
    — Brent Lang, Variety, 30 June 2022
  • That way, it won’t be unduly buffeted around by the performance of a few volatile holdings.
    — Michelle Singletary, Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2020
  • Here's where people get unduly creative.
    — Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Dec. 2025
  • There are no claims anyone has been unduly swayed by the Luttig connections.
    — Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2019
  • There are buttons near the rear of the boot / trunk to drop the seats forward without need to reach unduly or open the passenger doors.
    — James Morris, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
  • You may be unduly influenced by peer pressure in the upcoming week.
    — Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 1 Nov. 2020
  • That process can make the reports more vulnerable to being used to paint an unduly rosy picture.
    — Jean Eaglesham, WSJ, 27 Aug. 2022
  • Walz did not get his way, in part because rural drivers complained that a higher gas tax would unduly burden them.
    — Star Tribune, 12 Dec. 2020
  • The Field 75 won’t unduly annoy colleagues when used in an open office.
    — Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 16 July 2023
  • Baird believes that shares of Zions Bancorp have been unduly punished.
    — Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Rines argued that this unduly rewards those who elect to keep discoveries from the public.
    — Skip Kaltenheuser, WIRED, 6 Aug. 1999
  • Nez also said that the bill would unduly restrict the ability of the tribal government to make best use of the funds.
    — Debra Utacia Krol, azcentral, 9 May 2020
  • Put simply, the school district dumped Thom Holdgate — unduly, some say — but didn’t know what to do without him.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2021
  • Rourke said the 2024 changes to the law unduly handicap his office.
    — Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The market was unduly harsh to software companies with big cash flow but also high price-to earnings ratios.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
  • Illana borders in the early scenes on seeming unduly flighty for someone that we’re told has built her own business empire.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Mar. 2024
  • Still, the assumption that the public was wise to the tricks of the trade always sounded unduly optimistic.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 7 Oct. 2020
  • Courage also worried that putting that aspect of the program in the council’s hands would unduly politicize the shape of the program.
    — Joshua Fechter, ExpressNews.com, 18 Dec. 2020

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