Sentence examples for it's undercut from inspiring English sources

There's only one problem with her elegant argument, published as a letter to the editor in Wednesday's Journal: It's undercut by reality.

The scripted romance is sweet, charming, and realistic in tone, but its didactic elements (the evils of alcohol, the pointlessness of mere lust) allow for none of the acerbity and ambiguity of "Superbad," and it's undercut by the plot's implausible complications; still, some may agree with the movie's endorsement of shared musical taste as the touchstone of compatibility.

It's a lovely, melancholy tale of loneliness, but it's undercut by its ponderousness.

Giovanni's discovery of the sheep's head in the road is amusing (and promising), but it's undercut by a flat-footed, unnecessary explanation: "For a moment there I thought I was going to have to give Johnny Fontane a movie part".

His hubris may be overwhelming at times, but it's undercut by his self-conception as an underdog.

Fundraisers are a potentially big business for Facebook, if it's able to shift more of the activity taking place on GoFundMe over to its own social network – a strong possibility, as it's undercutting GoFundMe's fees.

Both aim to offer an affordable and fast way to build a book using your smartphone photos, but Shutterfly's free shipping means it's undercutting Mosaic a bit on price.

Sometimes I'm undercutting it, or it's undercutting me.

McCain maintains that Abrams's strategy was working, but it was undercut by the fact that, by that point, the American public had already rendered its verdict, and the drawdown of troops continued until the war's chaotic end.

Her saintly reputation was gained for aiding Calcutta's poorest of the poor, yet it was undercut by persistent allegations of misuse of funds, poor medical treatments and religious evangelism in the institutions she founded.

It lost out on a huge contract in New York City, where it was undercut by the Seattle-based Vievu by $11 million (Vievu's $6.4 million contract is reportedly now under investigation).