Undermining
noun, verb ·4 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The act or process by which something is undermined. countable, uncountable
"The piece, titled You, calls up many references from the past and the present: from Michael Heizer's earthworks to Chris Burden's institutional underminings to Monica Bonvicini's simulations of the same."
- 1 present participle and gerund of undermine form-of, gerund, participle, present
"The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you[…] "share the things you love with the world" and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention."
Example
More examples"Lack of sleep was undermining her health."
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