Sentence examples for it was undercut from inspiring English sources

Like many other fixed-line telecommunications monopolies in Africa, Zamtel's high overhead costs — mainly its staff of 2,340 — and its reliance on a creaky fixed-line network meant it was undercut by more nimble mobile operators, in this case Zain of Kuwait and MTN of South Africa, both of which have more subscribers and fewer employees.

Eric E. Schmidt, the executive chairman of Google, one of the companies that refused, attended the conference in The Hague and said it was undercut by such efforts.

But it was undercut from the start by federal officials, including presidents who believed that segregation was the natural order of things.

The sense of anticipation that day at Fiorano was palpable, although it was undercut by a realism built up through long seasons of underachievement.

They were a London version of Madchester, peddling a similar kind of blissed-out "baggy", only it was undercut by an air of menace.

Can you say what it was based on and anything about when, how or by whom it was undercut?" Here we have a case of a very old word undergoing a rapid shift in contemporary usage.

Some executive board members of the national union wrote its president to complain that it was undercutting Democratic efforts by attacking Mr. Obama unfairly.

The sponsors of the campaign finance law overhaul called today for the abolition of the Federal Election Commission, saying it was undercutting the law it was to oversee.

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

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

But, in some other key respects, it is undercut by our painful history of eminent domain abuse.