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were undue
adjective
Excessive; going beyond that what is natural or sufficient.
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Nathaniel Clay, the newly reappointed superintendent, first got the job in 1995, replacing Eddy Bayardelle, who resigned because of what he said were undue efforts by the board to influence personnel decisions.
"There were undue pressures that were placed on contracting officers" to award contracts not necessarily based on price or quality, said Ms. Fitzgerald, who was herself a contracting officer.
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There are undue influences.
And you're right that there is undue disrespect in my tone in my posts.
"The ethical issues come up where there is undue influence of an inappropriate nature".
Ms. Gann denied that there was undue pressure on the admissions board to present higher test scores.
But with each change, lawmakers never defined what debtors had to do to prove that their financial hardship was "undue".
That would be undue reward for the support role it has played in the group's resurgence.
There is undue stress on minor British painters to illustrate the prevalence of Spanish influence on our art.
"We noticed there was undue publicity given to the attendance of those celebrities at the last meeting," Mr. Schwab said.
"I think it is undue restraint to say analysts can't own anything in the industry they follow.
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