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unduly

/ˌʌnˈdjuːli/adverb

उच्चारण अन्ड्यूली

अनुचित रूप से, ज़रूरत से ज़्यादा

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adverb
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    formal

    more than you think is reasonable or necessary

    अनुचित रूप से, ज़रूरत से ज़्यादा

    • Do not be unduly worried about the result.
    • The weather forecast is unduly gloomy; it may not rain at all.
    • The students were unduly worried about the easy test.
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    • She did not want to trouble him unduly.
    • The penalty seemed unduly harsh for a first offence.

    Synonyms excessively unnecessarily overly too inordinately

    Opposite reasonably moderately appropriately

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un·du·ly

From undue with the e dropped (not 'unduely'); likewise true/truly, due/duly.

undue से e हटकर ('unduely' गलत है); इसी तरह true/truly, due/duly।

?Which word?

Keep the too-much words together: unduly, excessively, inordinately (formal), overly, unreasonably.

अत्यधिक के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: unduly, excessively, inordinately (औपचारिक), overly, unreasonably।

§Grammar and usage

The adjective undue means more than is reasonable ('undue pressure', 'undue influence').

Adjective undue का अर्थ 'उचित से अधिक' है ('undue pressure', 'undue influence')।