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undermining en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (no-gloss) [no gloss]

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most undermining Degree=Sup lexicographic
more undermining Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

underminingly

undermining en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The act or process by which something is undermined.
    • The piece, titled You, calls up many references from the past and the present: from Michael Heizer's earthworks to Chris Burden's institutional underminings to Monica Bonvicini's simulations of the same. 2007 November 23, The New York Times, “Art in Review”, in New York Times:

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underminings Number=Plur lexicographic

undermining en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of undermine
    form of undermine
    • The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […], or offering services that let you[…] "share the things you love with the world" and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention. 2013 June 21, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 27: