But before long, when the orchestra erupted with a chilling unison statement in a dotted-note rhythm, the lumbering imprecision of the playing undercut the effect.
Last week, market tension emanating from the United States undercut the positive effect of a European deal on Greek debt.
I believe this prospect not only would undercut the stimulative effect of the recovery package, but also is inconsistent with a key provision included in the law passed by Congress.
Meanwhile, the weak aid for state government in the stimulus meant states legally obligated to balance their budgets have needed to raise taxes and fees, undercutting the stimulative effect of the federal middle-class tax cut.
But the endorsement China's leadership receives from American executives is so damaging to the cause of human rights today that it undercuts the beneficial effects of engagement.
The effect was to undercut the possibility of a peaceful, negotiated settlement; sharply increase casualties (by at least a factor of 10, according to political scientist Alan Kuperman); leave Libya in ruins, in the hands of warring militias; and, more recently, to provide the Islamic State with a base that it can use to spread terror beyond.
It could also have the effect of undercutting the illegal trade in tiger parts by supplying a steady stream to the market.
Mrs. Clinton is struggling to win her own party's nomination, which has had the effect of undercutting what had been one of Mr. Giuliani's biggest selling points.
Fed officials have said that they would respond to inflationary pressures through a combination of selling assets and raising short-term interest rates, which would have the effect of undercutting the value of those assets just as they were being sold.
In order to emphasize the effect of undercutting on the resultant shape of the fabricated structure, the SEM pictures of alphabets "IITH", which comprise concave and convex corners, etched in pure and surfactant-added TMAH are shown in Figure 4 e)(i) and 4 e)(ii), respectively.
