undermine morale
Frequency: 7.317.2 per million words
To weaken or damage the spirit of a group, often secretly or gradually.
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- His constant criticism began to undermine the team's morale.
- Rumors and gossip can quickly undermine employee morale.
- The company's new policy unintentionally helped to undermine staff morale.
- Such actions only serve to undermine troop morale during wartime.
- Lack of recognition can severely undermine the morale of volunteers.
- Don't let negativity undermine your own morale or that of others.
- The series of defeats started to undermine the players' morale.
- Delays in payment are known to undermine the morale of freelancers.
- He feared that further budget cuts would undermine departmental morale.
- Leaders must be careful not to undermine the morale of their followers.