undue emphasis

collocation in English

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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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emphasis
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈem.fə.sɪs/us
/ˈem.fə.sɪs/
the particular importance or attention that is given ...
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(Definition ofundueandemphasisfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It gaveundueemphasisto capital while tending to overlook the role of labour, particularly labour migrations.
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The variability was greater, however, and this suggests that it would be a mistake to placeundueemphasison small changes in such estimates.
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This is reflected byundueemphasison a hypothesis-testing mentality.
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Rhetoric here is equated withundueemphasis, with the blatant thrusting forward of technological expression as no longer a means but an end.
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Anyundueemphasison the extent of order-making powers is not desirable.
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We ask that in any future housing programme the whole community is taken into consideration, and that noundueemphasisis placed upon the minority.
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We must not have anundueemphasison the teaching side for the future; we must have due regard for the patients.
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We have, however, been concerned for some time about theundueemphasisplaced on formulae in distributing housing resources.
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There are already controls over the way that motor cars can be advertised which include safeguards againstundueemphasison top speed and fast driving.
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A car advertisment which placedundueemphasison speed might be found to be in breach of the relevant rules.
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I should like to lodge acaveatagainst anyundueemphasisthat may be thrown upon the intentions of the donor.
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There was nothing omitted, there was noundueemphasison particular points, and, although there were points that invited controversy, it seemed to me that.
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Some of them, for instance, have worried me with theirundueemphasison the virtues of the market economy, rather than the mixed economy.
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This does not mean that we think that there isundueemphasison teaching as a vital need in the poorer parts of the world.
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The result over the years has tended to beundueemphasison legal technicalities to the exclusion of the justice of the appeal.
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I do not want to placeundueemphasisupon the short passage of time that applied in that instance.
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There wasundueemphasison new loan commitments and inadequate attention to supervision of continuing projects.
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Certainly it would be most foolish for us by lendingundueemphasisto the one, to inflict untimely and unnecessary curtailment on the other.
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Does it mean that there will be anundueemphasison party lists or party management?
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Undueemphasison equality, by undermining regard for achievement, may act to the detriment of the nation as a whole.
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