Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

undermining

/ˈʌndɚmˌaɪnɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.32 in modern English

Syllables: un-der-min-ing
IPA: /ˈʌndɚmˌaɪnɪŋ/

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act or process by which something is undermined.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of undermine

Example Sentences

"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."
"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."

Usage

Inflected Forms

more undermining (comparative) most undermining (superlative) underminings (plural)

Derived Forms

underminingly

Questions

How do you pronounce undermining?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʌndɚmˌaɪnɪŋ/.
What does undermining mean?: The act or process by which something is undermined.

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