undue interference

collocation in English

meaningsofundueandinterference

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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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interference
noun[U]
uk
/ˌɪn.təˈfɪə.rəns/us
/ˌɪn.t̬ɚˈfɪr.əns/
an occasion when someone tries to interfere in ...
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(Definition ofundueandinterferencefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The commanders' ability to act or react creatively, flexibly, and quickly to fast-changing circumstances on the ground was severely hampered by the administrator'sundueinterference.
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I do not think that there is the slightest evidence of anyundueinterference.
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It would be highly undesirable for there to be anyundueinterferencewith that responsibility.
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Such action on the part of the military authorities might well be considered anundueinterferencein a soldier's private affairs.
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But that interest must always be balanced against the need to avoid anyundueinterferencewith the taxpayers and citizens of this country.
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Our objection has been also to the timetable and to theundueinterferencewith local government.
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That sort of thing is anundueinterferencewith the liberty of the subject.
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He says that notices will be served only upon a very few selfish people, at little cost to them, to cureundueinterference.
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To have persisted in it would have been anundueinterferencewith the liberty and competence of the churches to manage their own affairs.
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Those requirements relate to three fundamental freedoms, which should not be subject toundueinterferenceby the security services.
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That is anundueinterferencewith the freedom of the press.
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We do not think that is anundueinterferencewith such a body.
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It has been done withoutundueinterference.
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There is no reason to assume from the taking of the powers that we wishundueinterference.
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There was a promise that there would be noundueinterferencewith religious worship.
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This decision has been widely criticised both as retrospective and as anundueinterferencewith the judiciary.
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We abstain to the utmost possible extent, by a self-denying ordinance, from anyundueinterferencewith their day-to-day administration.
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That is a reasonable, proper and sensible interpretation of the words "undueinterference" in the context in which one finds it.
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They are to have the right to say that there is noundueinterference.
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I quite agree that anything in the nature ofundueinterferenceor overlapping would be a mistake, and should be guarded against.
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