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undue advantage

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meanings of undueand advantage


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undue
adjective[before noun]
uk /ʌnˈdʒuː/ us /ʌnˈduː/
to a level that is more than is necessary, acceptable, ...
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advantage
noun
uk /ədˈvɑːn.tɪdʒ/ us /ədˈvæn.t̬ɪdʒ/
a condition giving a greater chance ...
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Examples of undue advantage


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Gentleman was careful to impress upon us that no undueadvantage was being taken of his legislation by property owners generally.
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That gave an undueadvantage, according to time, to the party of the long speaker.
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They thus enjoy important immunities of which some take undueadvantage.
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It is penalising the parents who have well-developed children and subsidising, or giving an undueadvantage to, parents with less-developed boys or girls.
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Many others have taken undueadvantage, which we deplore, and my noble friend has already referred to that.
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They are to give an assurance that no undueadvantage will be taken by them of the situation for enhancing prices.
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Rather than go to possible expense, they allow undueadvantage to be taken of them.
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Tax avoidance is only a bad principle when it leads to one particular section of the community taking an undueadvantage over the rest.
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Do not let us take undueadvantage of that great blessing.
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Let them see that we are not taking undueadvantage of the powers.
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Are the employers of agricultural labourers getting an undueadvantage as compared with the rest of the community by the payment of low wages?
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I should think that on the whole one month's prostration would be sufficient to prevent anyone taking an undueadvantage of this proviso.
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We are not talking about cornering the market or some unjust or some undueadvantage being taken of an individual's position.
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He talks about undueadvantage being given to a local authority.
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That percentage could be made on such a basis that he would get real and adequate compensation but no undueadvantage.
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But before we are convinced we want the trial to be under conditions that will not give undueadvantage to the manufacturers.
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I have no wish that slum landlords should get an undueadvantage.
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People are anxious to make their contribution, are anxious not to take undueadvantage of the country's crisis and the present emergency.
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There might have been a fear that the trade union movement would take undueadvantage of the situation.
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They are there because it is far too much trouble to erect the apparatus necessary to restrain people from getting an undueadvantage.
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