verb [VN]
1 to make sth, especially sb's confidence or authority, gradually weaker or less effective:
Our confidence in the team has been seriously undermined by their recent defeats. * This crisis has undermined his position. * Recent changes have undermined teachers' morale.
2 to make sth weaker at the base, for example by digging under it
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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This entry for undermine is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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