undermine

Example Sentences

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However, the new product range is causing unease among play experts, who say it risks undermining what makes Lego special for children in an increasingly digital world.

From BBC

Attempts to reverse course will likely prove futile — while enabling foreign competitors and unscrupulous individuals and groups to shape the economy in ways that undermine U.S. interests and values.

From MarketWatch

It is hard to see how any head coach is forced into a backroom shuffle without feeling undermined.

From BBC

More than three decades of careful planning to build regional proxy forces, sanction-evasion mechanisms, and nuclear infrastructure have been undermined or destroyed in a relatively short period of time.

From BBC

The national currency, the rial, has lost more than a third of its value against the US dollar over the past year, while double-digit inflation has been undermining Iranians' purchasing power for years.

From Barron's