undercutting

verb

present participle of undercut
as in undermining

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  1. undermining
  2. sapping
  3. weakening
  4. attenuating
Verb
  • At the time of the last catastrophe, a convulsive shift in media consumption began undermining the value of the legacy distribution scheme, which in turn led to grave uncertainties related to revenue sharing.
    — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • More fundamentally, Vietnam showed that misadventures abroad could boomerang, weakening American democracy and societal cohesion and, ultimately, undermining the country’s international standing.
    — David Sacks, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of undermining
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  • Partita takes a poem that vibrates with political energy and domesticates it, sapping this very famous verse of its revolutionary bite.
    — Sam Worley, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026
  • Stubbornly high inflation has been sapping consumer confidence and pressuring the Fed, which recently raised its benchmark interest rate in an effort to cool prices.
    — Damian J. Troise, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of sapping
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  • Rather than weakening the material, these networks create electrical hotspots that enhance its antibacterial activity.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026
  • The wrinkle here is that investor appetite for an Anthropic IPO appears to be weakening.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 9 Nov. 2026
Definition of weakening
Verb
  • Through imposing guilt by association and collective punishments, the North Korean state has spent decades attenuating the relationships through which private anger might be converted into collective action.
    — Jieun Baek, Foreign Affairs, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The mouth fiddle is an instrument of extension, attenuating the distinction between our internal organs and those of our making.
    — Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of attenuating
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