UNDERMINED Definition & Meaning

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undermined

[ uhn-der-mahynd uhn-der-mahynd ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

attacked, weakened, or defeated by underhand or seemingly harmless actions or by imperceptible stages:
Both the struggling students and the most gifted ones are receiving limited support from an undermined educational system.
weakened or made to collapse by removing underlying support, as by eroding or digging away the foundation:
With the release of material from the undermined cliffs at these sites, we should have had far more sand to feed the beaches, not less.
deliberately weakened by an excavation or tunnel dug underneath, as by an enemy in war:
When the town was besieged, its defenders abandoned the undermined walls and retired into the citadel.

verb

the simple past tense and past participle of undermine.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of undermined¹

undermine ( def ) + -ed ²( def )

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“President Trump is taking action to protect America’s automobile industry, which is vital to national security and has been undermined by excessive imports threatening America’s domestic industrial base and supply chains,” the White House said.

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Speaking of both reports, Mr McDonald claimed they represented "fresh evidence" that "totally undermined" the prosecution case.

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Third, employees of color experienced having their capabilities undermined.

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Instead, he argued Wednesday that he was acting “to protect America’s automobile industry, which is vital to national security and has been undermined by excessive imports threatening America’s domestic industrial base and supply chains.”

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Signal threatened to pull the app from the UK in 2023 if it was undermined by lawmakers.

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