What is "undermines"

Usage examples of "undermines".

It not only undermines, in its hideous swarming, the actual social order.

In effect, he subtly undermines your confidence in your own path until you begin to identify with him.

Gradually, even the attempt to maintain minimum standards becomes impossible, since the draining of incentives to improve quality ultimately undermines even the minimums.

Regulation which acts to destroy the competition of businessmen for reputation undermines the market value of the good will which businessmen have built up over the years.

This innocuous model subversively undermines the concept - legal and moral - of ownership.

Since the heretic undermines not only the church but also the state, he must be not only excommunicated but also delivered into the hands of the civil authorities to be punished as a criminal.

The concept of Rewriteability undermines the entire doctrine of Predestination.

What makes the DARE program uniquely dangerous is that it provides some accurate information, but undermines itself and the public record by using lies and innuendo about marijuana.