undermine

[ˌʌndərˈmaɪn]

Definition:
1. Destroy property or hinder normal operations.
2. Hollow out as if making a cave or opening.

Use 'undermine' in a sentence:

1. But the 1980s brought new competition from Japanese film company Fuji Photo, which undermined Kodak by offering lower prices for film and photo supplies.
2. "Outwards" prizes, they say, can undermine the joy of learning for its own good and can even lead to cheating.
3. If it is true that sports undermine the academic mission of American schools, we would expect to see a negative relationship between the commitment to athletics and academic achievement.
4. The "brain drain" may also undermine medical training in future.
5. So much research has explored the way in which collegial ties can help overcome a range of workplace issues affecting productivity and the quality of work output such as team-based conflict, jealousy, undermining, anger, and more.
6. The authority of his voice is undermined by the smallness of his build.
7. Over the past year and a half, The Great Divide, a series in The New York Times, has presented a wide range of examples that undermine the notion that there are any truly fundamental laws of capitalism.
8. I don't want to do something that would undermine the chances of success.
9. It may also undermine morale and mutual trust.
10. Any disease which undermines a man's general health will interfere with his sperm production.
11. These incidents could seriously undermine support for the police.
12. These limitations may undermine the health care system.
13. Evidence such as this serves to undermine the apparently monolithic edifice of Victorianism.
14. Giving ground does not undermine your position.
15. The wicked clique undermined the government and the state was thrown into turmoil.
16. This may help to undermine the brittle truce that currently exists.
17. Ironically, Snow's own predictions undermine this conclusion.
18. "Protecting" kids may fed like the right thing to do, but it undermines the learning that teens need to do as they come of age in a technology-soaked world.
19. An inability to make decisions will slowly undermine the project.
20. She felt undermined by the implied criticism.
21. Don't undermine your achievements by misspelling them.
22. After all, he's a department head, and we ought to avoid any suggestion of undermining his authority.
23. Ted suspects that some people are trying to undermine his reputation.
24. But they also use it to undermine their rivals.
25. Low wages and repeated or prolonged unemployment frequently interact to undermine the capacity for self-support.
26. He accused me of slandering him and trying to undermine his position.
27. The conversations were designed to undermine her authority so she felt that she could no longer work for the company.
28. Moreover, non-participation by nations, ifsufficiently widespread, can undermine the political will of participating countries to act.
29. That would further undermine the credibility of the election.
30. These views of arguments also undermine reason.
31. For more than a century, americans have debated how far the federal government should go to prevent dominant companies from undermining economic competition.
32. In status system, it will undermine the use of resources.
33. Will we ensure the rights of nations or undermine them?
34. The constant criticism has undermined her position.
35. But it will also undermine the object of the bill.
36. But there is not much left to undermine.
37. They argue that the amendment undermines Canadian federalism.
38. She uses outdated research and decades-old examples to undermine the noble mission of organization committed to connecting children to a world beyond their own.
39. In the meantime, the court threw out the FCC's attempt to block all state rules on net neutrality, while preserving the commissions' power to preempt individual state laws that undermine its order.
40. Ironically, the new machine tended to undermine Catholic Church authority.
41. Moreover, non-participation by nations, if sufficiently widespread, can undermine the political will of participating countries to act.
42. Non-participation by nations, if sufficiently widespread, can undermine the political will of participating countries to act.
43. The Secretary of Defence has said that he would not stand by and let democracy be undermined.
44. Egypt promises to undermine both those propositions.
45. His enemies are spreading rumours to undermine his authority.
46. The supporters' confidence in the government has been undermined by several recent scandals.
47. The central state, though often very rich and very populous, was intrinsically fragile, since the development of new international trade routes could undermine the monetary base and erode state power.
48. Our confidence in the team has been seriously undermined by their recent defeats.
49. She undermined him and destroyed his confidence in his own talent.
50. Western intelligence agencies are accused of trying to undermine the government.
51. Some, like carpenter ants, can undermine a home structure, while others interfere with the electrical units.
52. The prosecution did its best to undermine the credibility of the witness.
53. The continued fighting threatens to undermine efforts to negotiate an agreement.
54. Our continuing failure to deal with the environmental declines that are undermining the world food economy forces me to conclude that such a collapse is possible.
55. Offering advice on each and every problem will undermine her feeling of being adult.