Information about the word undercut (English → Esperanto: subfosi)

Synonyms: subvert, undermine

Part of speechverb
Pronunciation/ʌndəˈkʌt/
Hyphenationun·der·cut
Shavian alphabet𐑳𐑯𐑛𐑼𐑒𐑳𐑑
Deseret alphabet𐐲𐑌𐐼𐐯𐑉𐐿𐐲𐐻

Conjugation

Indicative mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) undercut(I) undercut
(thou) undercuttest(thou) undercuttest, undercutst
(he) undercuts, undercutteth(he) undercut
(we) undercut(we) undercut
(you) undercut(you) undercut
(they) undercut(they) undercut
Subjunctive mood
Present tensePast tense
(I) undercut (I) undercut
(thou) undercut(thou) undercut
(he) undercut(he) undercut
(we) undercut(we) undercut
(you) undercut(you) undercut
(they) undercut(they) undercut
Imperative mood
undercut
Participles
Present participlePast participle
undercuttingundercut

Usage samples

The president’s pardoning of a leader who operated his country as a narco‐state would severely undercut his rationale for using military force against Maduro, whom he accuses of the same offense.
Calling for Mueller’s firing would undercut the White House argument.
The research undercuts Orbán’s claims that continuing to buy Russian oil, despite European Union‐wide efforts to phase out Russian fossil fuels, makes fuel cheaper for Hungarians.

Translations

Catalanminar
Dutchondergráven
Esperantosubfosi
Frenchminer; saper
Germanuntergraben; unterwühlen
Portugueseminar
Spanishminar; socavar; zapar