influence unduly
Frequency: 7.010.5 per million words
to have an excessive or improper effect on the actions, behavior, or opinions of others
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Examples (10)
- The judge should not be influenced unduly by public opinion.
- His judgment was not unduly influenced by personal feelings.
- We must ensure that advertising does not unduly influence children.
- The committee's decision was unduly influenced by the lobbying efforts.
- It is important that the jury is not unduly influenced by media coverage.
- Company policy states that employees must not allow personal relationships to unduly influence their professional conduct.
- The outcome of the negotiation should not be unduly influenced by external pressures.
- Environmental factors can unduly influence the growth rate of certain species.
- The artist's early work was unduly influenced by his contemporaries.
- We need to be vigilant against any attempt to unduly influence the electoral process.