progressively undermine
Frequency: 6.58.1 per million words
to weaken or damage something steadily and continuously
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- The constant criticism began to progressively undermine her confidence.
- Economic sanctions can progressively undermine a nation's stability.
- Lack of sleep will progressively undermine your ability to concentrate.
- His repeated lies started to progressively undermine their trust in him.
- Overfishing progressively undermined the marine ecosystem.
- The new policy was designed to progressively undermine the opposition's power.
- Small acts of corruption can progressively undermine public faith in government.
- Chronic stress can progressively undermine one's physical and mental health.
- The erosion of democratic institutions will progressively undermine the rule of law.
- The company's outdated practices progressively undermined its market position.