"What would not be constructive is legislative action that essentially undercuts our ability to get the deal done and that is disruptive to the negotiations," a senior official in the Obama administration said.
By focusing nearly exclusively on one aspect of the PKK members's lives, North actually undercuts its goal of portraying its subjects as well-rounded individuals, and not the peace-violating monsters the Turkish government makes them out to be.
It undercuts the basis of a civilised society.
Customers will be able to download music legally at a price that significantly undercuts big competitors.An American judge rejected a jury's award against Tyson Foods of $1.3 billion in damages.
(This undercuts the president's reassurance that America's involvement against ISIS will be modeled on its activities in Yemen and Somalia, where ground troops complement bombardment from above).
As well as keeping poor countries out of lucrative export markets, rich-world farm supports encourage overproduction, which undercuts poor farmers in their domestic markets.
There is a slightly higher monthly monitoring fee, but it substantially undercuts the cost of maintaining a landline service.
In trying to find an answer, your correspondent fell through a wormhole in the blogosphere, eventually coming to rest back on the blog of Mr Drum, who cites a study that somewhat undercuts his own position.
Its broadband voice service undercuts the offerings of cable companies such as NTL and Telewest, whose packages of TV, broadband and phone services have eroded BT's traditional share of the voice market.The other part of VOIP's appeal features such as call-forwarding, blocking and transfers can be had from traditional phone companies, albeit at a price and no small measure of inconvenience.
Their zeal certainly undercuts Mr Abhisit's feeble efforts to unite a polarised nation.
A driving force in politics is anger, rooted in a sense that things are getting worse and politicians are either impotent or colluding to game the system.The globe-spanning nature of that rage undercuts claims that American voter disillusion can be addressed by clever, local innovations.
