They are also separate; and attempts to conflate them with flimsy evidence undermine the seriousness of both.
The other addition was more troubling, because, like bungee kayaking, it threatened to undermine the seriousness of the participants' status as athletes.
The one-dimensional cartooniness sometimes threatens to undermine the seriousness of what the film's about, yet it's part of what gives it the blunt force.
While it's nominally funny to see some of English literature's most famous characters represented by children's toys, the silliness necessarily undermines the seriousness of the story.
"It undermined the seriousness of the Chamber of Deputies and the rule of law that he could just show up and take the oath," said John J. Bailey, a Georgetown University professor who studies organized crime and democracy in Mexico.
One of his letters to George Bernard Shaw, which appeared posthumously, critiqued the playwright's Man and Superman, stating disappointment that the use of comedy undermined the seriousness of the work.
It is unnecessary to undermine the seriousness of what took place between the children in order to conclude that they should never have been subjected to an adult criminal trial.
Being forced to attend rehab for privately smoking weed seems to rather undermine the seriousness of the process, but the powers that be clearly wanted to show the wider footballing fraternity that they were tackling the scourge of bifta head on.
It would undermine the seriousness of combat and PTSD to compare it to the daily fears civilians face; however, my work with the Boys & Girls Clubs demonstrates the power of Spoken Word to help people of all ages overcome their negative emotions regardless of the source of their trauma or fear.
