1. undermining - Noun
2. undermining - Verb
undermining
present participle of undermine
undermining (countable and uncountable, plural underminings)
The act or process by which something is undermined.
Inconsistency on the part of pastors and the faithful between what they say and what they do, between word and manner of life, is undermining the Church's credibility. Pope Francis
I was paid to read Western economic texts. In a way, the regime paid for their own undermining. Václav Klaus
To waste, to destroy, our natural resources, to skin and exhaust the land instead of using it so as to increase its usefulness, will result in undermining in the days of our children the very prosperity which we ought by right to hand down to them amplified and developed. Theodore Roosevelt
When people feel their insignificance as individual persons, they also suffer an undermining of their sense of human responsibility. Rollo May
If someone talks about union, fidelity, a monogamous relationship, love, blessing; I would say it sounds like marriage to me. And blessing, you see, I think is undermining our sacrament of marriage. George Carey
Politicians who attack the dream of a federal Europe are racist bigots intent on undermining the Continent's freedom and peace. Jacques Delors