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# unduly

«unduly» in Mova's school dictionary: **right, necessary or reasonable; too much (formal)** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb

### meaning for a pupil

Unduly means more than is right, necessary or reasonable; too much (formal). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unduly/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

This is a formal word used in polite or exam language: don't be unduly worried means don't worry more than you need to. It tells the reader something is too much. Phrases: unduly worried, unduly harsh, not unduly.

### examples

- Don't be unduly worried about the test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unduly/#x1)
- The punishment was unduly harsh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unduly/#x2)
- The teacher was not unduly concerned about the noise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unduly/#x3)
- Prices were unduly high. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unduly/#x4)
- He was unduly proud of his small win. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unduly/#x5)
- Please don't be unduly alarmed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unduly/#x6)

### note

Formal. Adjective: undue (too much). Often «not unduly» = not very much. Plain words: too, overly, excessively.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «unduly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unduly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.