erode credibility

Frequency: 6.911.0 per million words

To gradually wear away or destroy credibility.

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Examples (10)

  • The constant policy changes eroded the government's credibility among voters.
  • A series of product failures has seriously eroded the company's credibility.
  • Spreading misinformation will inevitably erode a journalist's credibility.
  • Continuously breaking promises can erode your personal credibility with friends.
  • The witness's credibility was eroded under intense cross-examination.
  • If the research findings are not reproducible, it could erode the scientist's credibility.
  • The expert's shifting opinions are slowly eroding his credibility in the field.
  • He was warned that making such baseless claims would erode his credibility.
  • Any factual error in the report risks eroding its overall credibility.
  • A lack of transparency will eventually erode the credibility of the entire organization.