Undermine in a sentence

Corruption, opacity and lack of accountability undermine that trust, and thus undermine the very foundation of democracies.

But for the Minister of Justice — someone who has sworn an oath of uphold the judicial system — to undermine it (or even appear to undermine it) is very dangerous.

According to Van der Heever, the NHI Bill will further undermine the already precarious situation of the South African healthcare sector.

Advocates said it was a long overdue change to insensitive bureaucracy, while critics warned it could undermine women’s rights and jeopardise single sex spaces.

Alluding to the appointment of Wike as the FCT Minister, they wondered why those being rewarded are PDP members who spent huge state resources to undermine the prospects of the APC in Rivers State since 2013.

An attorney who worked to undermine the results of the 2020 election, Chesebro helped develop the Trump's campaign's plot to put forward unauthorised slates of GOP electors in Georgia and six other states.

And it makes no sense to change their tune without it even if they suspect they may eventually as they’ll simply undermine their efforts to this point.

And it’s not just the private sector – the federal government has debt levels not seen since World War II, which may undermine the Fed’s inflation fight and require it to push rates even higher.

A re-acceleration of inflationary trends or sharply lower trade activity would undermine the bullish thesis.

As a result, higher LNG prices will undermine buyers of emerging Asian markets.

A tainted story cannot undermine the fact that Sahara Energy is in over 27 countries, with 16 in Africa, and has an integrated value chain where they have crude assets, refineries and storage and distribution expertise.

Athletes who bet on their own sports or competitions could potentially manipulate the outcome to win their bets, which would compromise the integrity of the competition and undermine the public’s confidence in the sport.

Atiku who was the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party) in the 2023 presidential election in a press release signed by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, said there’s plan to incite violence and undermine democracy in the state.

Boris Johnson has been warned he could lose public funding for legal advice if he tries to “frustrate or undermine” the Government’s position on the Covid-19 Inquiry.

Both grow into popular and competitive magicians who strive to undermine each other on stage.

Busacca foresaw this problem in 2016, insisting technology must not undermine the referee who had to be seen to make the final decision.

But Braudel’s and Delors’s warnings fell on deaf ears in the member states, who feared (and still fear) that a more federal and social Europe would undermine national sovereignty.

But it’s not really a decision because part of the team doesn’t like the decision, can’t get behind the decision, can’t explain the decision adequately, and may even be heard making comments that undermine it.

But Mr Albanese said the opposition was trying to undermine support for a ‘yes’ vote.

But we have every right to push back and defend our policies against those who are seeking to undermine them," he said.