undermined in English
The lighthouse stands on a plinth of rock undermined by caves, perhaps once used by smugglers.
Use "undermined" in a sentence
1. High taxation rates have undermined work incentives.
2. Recent changes have undermined teachers' morale.
3. Recent federal action undermined the segregationist position.
4. Subject specialization and formal teaching would be undermined.
5. 5 She felt undermined by the implied criticism.
6. Badgers had undermined the foundations of the church.
7. Hence parity between teachers in schools was undermined.
8. This insurrection was eventually undermined by the government.
9. At other times, his statements undermined such hopeful words.
10. The 1961 law forbidding dowries further undermined traditional Hinduism.
11. Disloyalty and betrayal have undermined resistance throughout the war.
12. But it also undermined his already fragile self-control.
13. The new contracts have undermined the confidence of employees.
14. These miscarriages of justice have undermined confidence in our legal system.
15. This must have infuriated my father and undermined his authority.
16. Comparisons between Tudjman and Tito, however, are undermined by anachronism.
17. 7 Inflation has undermined the legitimacy of the market order.
18. Their willpower and control over their own bodies are undermined.
19. 9 The insider trading undermined investors'confidence in the stock market.
20. 1 It also undermined staff's attempts to encourage users' self-determination.
21. These conflicts drained it of resources and undermined the economy generally.
22. The house is unsafe since the foundations were undermined by floods.
23. A damaging aspect of Betrayal is that our sense of reality is undermined
24. For most of the 1980s that international mobility undermined mostly blue-collar workers.
25. That treaty, however, was soon undermined by renewed fighting in the Peloponnese.
26. 1 Her unwillingness to answer questions undermined the strength of her position.
27. Bellesiles's extensive research is undermined By errors of fact, omission and judgment
28. In Slovakia, official declarations that forests are growing undermined by aerial photography.
29. Bellesiles's extensive research is undermined by errors of fact, omission and judgment.
30. Such activities undermined the objectives of the Treaty and jeopardized its integrity and credibility.
31. Every position has been successfully undermined and abandoned on specious and plausible excuses.
32. National economies, however undermined by the transnational economy, coexist and intertwine with it.
33. Second, Falun Gong organizations have instigated troubles and incidents and have undermined social stability.
34. The power of the Buddhist Maharajas was further undermined by the spread of Islam.
35. By not throwing his full support behind government forces, he had undermined their trust in him.
36. 18 The closed shop and the wildcat strike have undermined the legitimacy of modern trade unionism.
37. Most dramatically, the position of the country's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , has been sorely undermined.
38. The war, however, undermined his constitution and by 1834 he was dying of tuberculosis.
39. ‘tax Avoision is a consequence of the web of tax rules that has undermined compliance’
40. This undermined AA's attempts to increase trust with its workforce and to increase its productivity.
41. The Johnson and Clinton Acquittals undermined impeachment as an effective tool against an unscrupulous president
42. So why are we ploughing on with a strategy that is already being undermined by the practicalities?
43. The Secretary of Defence has said that he would not stand by and let democracy be undermined.
44. Nobody doubts the honest endeavour on the field, but will that be undermined by off-field shenanigans?
45. Each suspected the other of seeking a sectarian platform, and each perpetually undermined the other.
46. The commercial dealings of Tien, her children and grandchildren became extensive and ultimately undermined Suharto's presidency.
47. It says devolution, the Good Friday peace agreement and globalisation have undermined the notion of Britishness.
48. The meteoric rise in the popularity of Modern Art left my position at Sotheby's much undermined.
49. 19 Each suspected the other of seeking a sectarian platform, and each perpetually undermined the other.
50. Deceptive elements infiltrated the congregations and, with clever, specious arguments, slowly undermined the zeal of many members.