unduly
adv/ʌnˈdjuːli/ · /ʌnˈduːli/
Etymology From undue + -ly or un- + duly.
1
Undeservedly; in a way that is not warranted.
- The speaker unduly criticized his opponent and later apologized for this.
- The departure was not unduly prolonged. In the road Mr. Love and the driver favoured the company with a brief chanty running. “Got it?—No, I ain't, 'old on,—Got it? Got it?—No, 'old on sir.”1921, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC:
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- No. 4 has recently undergone complete overhaul to relieve Dolgoch of much of the heavy work, but No. 3 has proved unduly sensitive to permanent way defects and is not to be used in regular service until further track improvements are carried out.1952 August, “Notes and News: Talyllyn Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 566:
- It was a casual sneer, obviously one of a long line. There was hatred behind it, but of a quiet, chronic type, nothing new or unduly virulent, and he was taken aback by the flicker of amazed incredulity that passed over the younger man's ravaged face.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 8, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC: