undue attention
collocation in Englishmeaningsofundueandattention
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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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attention
noun[U]
uk/əˈten.ʃən/us/əˈten.ʃən/
notice, thought, ...
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(Definition ofundueandattentionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Excessive publicity would drawundueattentionto the mission, which would suggest weakness instead of strength.
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One reason for this is that they can be operated without attractingundueattentionto themselves.
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The purpose of all prostheses is to provide the functional result without attractingundueattentionto the user.
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I do not payundueattentionto that matter.
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The welfare ineffectiveness of the two reformed pension schemes arose from theundueattentionto the demands of private capital and the legacy of previous policies and measures.
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I would not wishundueattentionto be given to that aspect.
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That might be payingundueattentionto the people referred to in the question.
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It is not of sufficient importance to meritundueattention, or to call for a protest.
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The result is thatundueattentionis being given to these theories.
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Do not let them be hamstrung by payingundueattentionto the interests of security.
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It does so because it is frightened thatundueattentionmight be paid to the sources of its money.
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It seems that at present they are devotingundueattentionto the needs of the red route.
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Not only does this paper comment on pronunciation errors which have receivedundueattentionin the literature, it also looks at areas which have been overlooked or wrongly described.
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Indeed, the only possible explanation is its politicians payingundueattentionto the financial interests of pharmaceutical companies who paid for their election.
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I think it is also a matter to be welcomed that this change has been effected without payingundueattentionto doctrine.
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But it results in certain types of crime receivingundueattention, emphasis which is often out of all proportion to the facts.
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I should have thought that this was an exhilarating debate upon which the public would have been concentrating withundueattention.
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Having regard to the statistical information available, should one payundueattentionto this minuscule risk when considering the possibilities of positively using this corpus?
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Although politically and economically powerful the "pochteca" strove to avoidundueattention.
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Therefore, it can provide the standard of service that it wishes to provide without having to payundueattentionto the demands and complaints of its customers.
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Shahd rejects idle curiosity as an explanation, arguing that 3rd-century churches were too nondescript to attract muchundueattention.
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The view of the police is that they do not need the additional power because the act is already covered by general offences relating toundueattentionor careless driving.
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Some scientists attacked the data, the analyses and conclusions, while others pointed to the media as being responsible for creatingundueattention.
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Sponsoring organizations wanted to avoid drawingundueattentionto the children, whose immigration was limited by quotas for their countries of origin.
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Because the war had just begun and no major battles had been fought, any sort of battle was givenundueattentionat this stage of the war.
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