how to pronounce undermine

/ˌʌn.dəˈmaɪn/

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undermine is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of undermine in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… ireland when you undermine our ability …”

meaning of undermine

Undermine means to cause to fail or weaken.

undermine frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word undermine occurs in english on average 8.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics undermine can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that undermine can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;