unduly

English

Etymology

From undue +‎ -ly or un- +‎ duly.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌnˈdjuːli/, /ʌnˈduːli/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Adverb

unduly (comparative more unduly, superlative most unduly)

1. Undeservedly; in a way that is not warranted.

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

   • 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest:

     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.”

   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 8, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

     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.

Translations

undeservedly; in a way that is not warranted

• Bulgarian: неоправдано (bg) (neopravdano), незаслужено (bg) (nezasluženo), несправедливо (bg) (nespravedlivo)
• Catalan: indegudament
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 过度的

• Finnish: kohtuuttomasti (fi), liiallisesti (fi), aiheettomasti (fi)
• French: indument (fr)
• Polish: niesłusznie (pl), nadmiernie (pl), nienależnie, bezpodstawnie (pl)
• Portuguese: indevidamente (pt)
• Russian: незаслуженно (ru) (nezasluženno), несправедли́во (ru) (nespravedlívo)
• Serbo-Croatian: neopravdano (sh), nezasluženo (sh)
• Spanish: indebidamente
• Swedish: oskäligt (sv), onödigt (sv), orättmätigt, otillbörligt (sv), oberättigat